Hillsboro · Hill County · Dedicated 1890 · THC Atlas #4302000180
The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Marker Inscription
Constructed of limestone with sheet metal details in the Second Empire style. The building features double height windows, a bracketed cornice, four corner pavilions with mansard roofs and cresting, a full height portico topped with a bracketed broken pediment and supported by double fluted limestone columns, and a tall, central ornamental clocktower. A New Year's Day fire in 1996 destroyed all but the load bearing limestone walls. The courthouse was restored, reconstructed and rededicated in 1999.
About this site
Hill County Courthouse is a courthouse in Hillsboro, Hill County, dedicated in 1890. It is one of 199 historic sites cataloged in Hill County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 32.0113, -97.1308 near Hillsboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hill County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hill County Courthouse, Hill County, and Site of Old Lexington Village.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000180. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Hill County Courthouse in Hillsboro was completed in 1890 to a Second Empire design by architect W. C. Dodson. The limestone building is fronted by Corinthian columns and mansard roofs, with three floors of courtrooms and a seven-story clock tower rising from the center. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. On January 1, 1993, an electrical fire heavily damaged the building, which was rebuilt with donations from around the world and proceeds from two benefit concerts by Hill County native Willie Nelson.
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