Facts

📍 Region: Prairies and Lakes / City: Jacksboro

🗓️ Year Built: 1940

🧑‍🎨 Architect: Voelcker & Dixon

🏛️ Architectural Style: Modern Classical and Art Deco

💎 Unique Details: The building features a cast-in-place concrete structure clad in Texas limestone, complemented by dark green marble spandrels. Its facades are marked by flat, fluted pilasters and recessed vertical window bays, and a flat entablature with incised lettering and low-relief panels. Inside, the building maintains much of its original Art Deco detailing.

Why See It?

You should visit the courthouse to experience one of Texas’s best-preserved examples of 1940s Modern Classical architecture. Its clean lines, elegant limestone and marble details, and original Art Deco interior features reflect a unique transitional period in courthouse design—and offer a striking contrast to the more ornate 19th-century courthouses across the state. It’s a must-see for architecture lovers and anyone exploring Texas history through its civic landmarks.

Nearby Highlights

Fort Richardson State Park – Just south of downtown, this park preserves a post-Civil War frontier fort with restored buildings like the hospital, officers’ quarters, and bakery.

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