Bexar County CourthouseSuspected

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Dated: Dated 1891–96
Declared purpose: County courthouse
Today: Survives, still a courthouse
Build time: About 5 years (1891–96)
Region: United States
Architect of record: James Riely Gordon, architect: about 28 when credited (1891, born 1863). Build time on record: about 5 years (1891–96).All architects of record →
On the list as: Suspected

Why it's on the list

Part of a statewide courthouse boom; where the masons came from is an open question.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A red granite and sandstone Romanesque courthouse by James Riely Gordon. The record says almost every Texas town built a courthouse between 1870 and 1910.

Why researchers flag it
Part of a statewide courthouse boom; where the masons came from is an open question.
A courthouse boom
Almost every town in Texas built a courthouse in 40 years. Researchers ask where the masons came from.
Gordon's pattern
Gordon is credited with many Texas courthouses that share towers and arches.