The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Constructed of brick and limestone in the Second Empire style with pressed metal entablature and ornamental brackets. Brick was stuccoed over in the late 1920's, and the roofline was altered by the removal of ornamental cresting, mansard pavilions and polychromatic roof tiles in the 1980's.
Brewster County Courthouse is a courthouse in Alpine, Brewster County, dedicated in 1888. It is one of 45 historic sites cataloged in Brewster County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 30.3583, -103.6633 near Alpine. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brewster, Colonel Henry P. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Holland Hotel Building, Brewster County Courthouse, and First Baptist Church of Alpine.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000206. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Brewster County Courthouse in Alpine was built in 1887, the year the county was created, with local contractor Tom Lovell the presumed designer. A two-story brick building painted bright red on a rusticated limestone base, it is a sophisticated local interpretation of the Second Empire style with a white-painted metal mansard roof. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Sources: rodpontonlaw.comsah-archipedia.orgtexastimetravel.com
“Brewster County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Brewster County. This page is the courthouse dedicated in 1888 in Alpine. The others:
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