Hopkins County Courthouse

Sulphur Springs, United States

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Located in Sulphur Springs, Texas, the Hopkins County Courthouse is a distinctive Romanesque Revival structure completed in 1894–1895 by San Antonio architect James Riely Gordon. Built from red sandstone and pink granite, the courthouse showcases several unusual architectural features: a double-helix staircase, a notably clockless tower, and corner entrances on its northwest and southwest facades rather than conventional side entries. Following a comprehensive restoration completed in 2002—funded jointly by the State of Texas and Hopkins County at a combined cost of over $4.9 million—the building remains an active courthouse open to the public. Designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1975 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, it stands as a significant example of late-nineteenth-century courthouse design in Texas.

Architect

James Riely Gordon

Movement

Romanesque Revival architecture

Type: courthouse, county courthouse
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Place: Sulphur Springs, United States

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