Coryell County Courthouse

	Coryell County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Texas State Antiquities Landmark
	Coryell County Courthouse
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Location	Public Sq., Gatesville, Texas
Coordinates	31°26′4″N 97°45′2″W / 31.43444°N 97.75056°WCoordinates: 31°26′4″N 97°45′2″W / 31.43444°N 97.75056°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1897–1898
Architect	W.C. Dodson
Architectural style	Romanesque, Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	77001435
TSAL No.	8200000186
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1977
Designated TSAL	January 1, 1981

The Coryell County Courthouse is an historic building located at Courthouse Square in Gatesville, Texas, the seat of Coryell County. Built in 1897–98, it was the county's third courthouse; Architect Wesley Clark Dodson, A designer of many Civil Buildings in Texas, designed the Beaux Arts building. In his design, Dodson modified the traditional cross-axial plan to allow for the erection of a central tower. By moving the district courtroom to a position alongside the tower rather than centered underneath it, he was able to extend the masonry support walls to the ground and support the tower. An important feature of the court house is the Massive Classical porticos, differing somewhat in scale and treatment, define the north and south entries. The south portico has paired corner columns, while the north has single columns. The porticos rise from a one-story base of rusticated stone with arched entries in the lower level. The openings flanking the central arch are smaller on the north facade. Red sandstone Corinthian columns support white sandstone pediments, with the five pointed star of Texas inset in contrasting carved stone.^[2]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Coryell County Courthouse". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Coryell County Courthouse". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

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Cities	Copperas Cove‡ Gatesville McGregor‡ Oglesby
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Coryell County Courthouse

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