Coryell County Courthouse

Texas, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Phone: +1-254-865-5911

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The Coryell County Courthouse stands on Courthouse Square in Gatesville, Texas, serving as the seat of Coryell County. Built in 1897–98 by architect Wesley Clark Dodson—a prolific designer of civil buildings across Texas—this Beaux Arts structure was the county's third courthouse, with construction undertaken by Tom Lovell of Denton. Dodson's innovative design modified the traditional cross-axial plan to accommodate a central tower, relocating the district courtroom to the side and extending masonry support walls to ground level. The building's most striking features are its massive Classical porticos on the north and south façades, which rise from rusticated stone bases with arched lower entries. Red sandstone Corinthian columns support white sandstone pediments, each inset with the five-pointed star of Texas in contrasting carved stone. The south portico features paired corner columns while the north uses single columns, creating subtle variations in scale and treatment. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, the courthouse exemplifies the Romanesque Revival and Second Empire styles.