Facts
📍 Region: South Texas Plains / City: Columbus
🗓️ Year Built: 1891 (Restored 2014)
🧑🎨 Architect: Eugene T. Heiner
🏛️ Architectural Style: Classical and Greek Revival
💎 Unique Details: Its distinctive features include a copper dome with a Tiffany-style skylight, which replaced the original clock tower destroyed by a 1909 hurricane.
Why See It?
Visitors will appreciate the courthouse’s architectural beauty and its central role in the historic district, surrounded by Victorian-era commercial buildings and residences.
Nearby Highlights
Stafford Opera House – Built in 1886, this fully restored opera house is the largest flat-floored opera house in Texas and hosts live performances.
Water Tower – Built in 1883 as a water tower and firehouse, using over 400,000 handmade bricks, the Columbus Water Tower became obsolete but proved indestructible—surviving attempts to demolish it with dynamite.
Colorado Courthouse Square – Lined with Victorian-era commercial buildings, it is one of the most picturesque and well-preserved historic courthouse squares in Texas, especially stunning at sunset.
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