The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Constructed of local limestone in the Moderne style with an ashlar pattern, handcarved ornament, and bullnose limestone window and door surrounds. A wide entry porch with a limestone rail sits in front of the central three-story bay which includes full height window bays surrounded by bullnose limestone trim and ornamental limestone spandrels.
Comanche County Courthouse is a courthouse in Comanche, Comanche County, dedicated in 1939. It is one of 80 historic sites cataloged in Comanche County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 31.8979, -98.6045 near Comanche. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Comanche County Courthouse (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fleming Oak, General Ashbel Smith, C.S.A., and Indian Raid in Comanche.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000006. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Comanche County Courthouse was completed in 1939, built of native limestone quarried about six miles west of Comanche and funded in part with WPA money. Fort Worth architect Wyatt C. Hedrick designed the three-story Moderne building, noted for its handcarved ornament and bullnose limestone window and door surrounds. Its stonework has earned it a reputation as one of the finest WPA-era courthouses in Texas.
Sources: livingnewdeal.orgcourthouses.co
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