Marker Inscription
Constructed of steel and conrete in the Modern style. The building features a central tower with large radiused corners and a scalloped patern within the window bays.
Courthouse
Nueces County Courthouse (1977)
The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
About this site
Nueces County Courthouse is a courthouse in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 2 courthouses documented in Nueces County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 147 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 27.7949, -97.4003 near Corpus Christi. The nearest cataloged historic site is LULAC (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Villarreal, Captain Enrique, and Rincon del Oso Land Grant, Saint Patrick's Church, and Kinney, Henry Lawrence.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302002522. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The current Nueces County Courthouse at 901 Leopard Street in Corpus Christi opened for business on August 1, 1977, replacing the county's abandoned 1914 courthouse. Ground was broken on the roughly $19.6 million project in 1974, and the eleven-story, cream-colored building was designed by a joint venture of four architectural firms in what has been described as a neo-Formalist adaptation of the Baroque, with undulating walls and oversized oval window surrounds. The courthouse anchored a redevelopment effort along the Leopard Street corridor and continues to host most of the county's court proceedings.
Sources: sah-archipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.gov254texascourthouses.net
Also at or near Corpus Christi, Nueces County
“Nueces County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Nueces County. This page is the courthouse dedicated in 1977 in Corpus Christi. The others:
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Nearby in Nueces County
Historical Marker
LULAC
Corpus Christi · 1981
Historical Marker
Felix von Blucher
Corpus Christi · 1980
Historical Marker
Villarreal, Captain Enrique, and Rincon del Oso Land Grant
Corpus Christi · 1985
Historical Marker
Kinney, Henry Lawrence
Corpus Christi · 1985
Historical Marker
Saint Patrick's Church
Corpus Christi · 1976
Historical Marker
Corpus Christi Cathedral
Corpus Christi · 1991
Historic Place
Britton-Evans House
Corpus Christi · 1976
Historical Marker
Centennial House
Corpus Christi · 1966