Facts

📍 Region: / City: Beeville

🗓️ Year Built: 1912 (Remodeled 1973, Restored 2006)

🧑‍🎨 Architect: William Charles Stephenson, Jr.

🏛️ Architectural Style: Beaux Arts

💎 Unique Details: Featuring features a grand portico with Corinthian columns, a red-tile dome, and a distinctive bee hive shaped clock tower crowned by a statue of Lady Justice. Notably, unlike most depictions, her eyes are not blindfolded, symbolizing transparency in the legal system. The rotunda’s polychrome mosaic tile floor showcases a giant “B” in Gothic script.

Why See It?

Visit the Bee County Courthouse to admire its elegant 1912 Beaux-Arts architecture, featuring a red-tile dome, Corinthian columns, and a unique Lady Justice statue without a blindfold. Outside, see the restored A-4 Skyhawk jet—a tribute to the area’s rich naval aviation history.

Nearby Highlights

🏛️ Beeville Art Museum – Housed in a beautifully restored 1910 Victorian mansion, the museum offers free admission and showcases a diverse range of exhibits, including works by renowned Texas artists, Mexican textile samplers, and local wildlife photography.

Lake Corpus Christi State Park – The park spans 356 acres in San Patricio County and offers swimming, boating, hiking, and birdwatching along its scenic lakeshore. Its standout feature is the Refectory, a Mediterranean-style pavilion built by the CCC in the 1930s—the park’s only surviving CCC structure.

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