Brownwood in Brown County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Courthouses of Brown County
Photographed By Kayla Harper, October 28, 2018
1. Courthouses of Brown County Marker
Inscription.
Courthouses of Brown County. . Brown County, created in 1856 and organized two years later, has had four courthouses. Pioneer settler Welcome William Chandler donated land for the first courthouse, a log cabin. The county moved the building twice, first two miles to the Billy Connell farm, then to this site after Greenleaf Fisk's donation of land for a new townsite resolved an 1868 dispute. Commissioners also added a second story to the structure. A combination courthouse and jail built in 1876 served only four years before it burned. Waco architectural firm Dodson and Dudley designed a new building in 1884. The current classical revival courthouse, built in 1917-18, incorporated interior walls and vaults from the prior structure.
Brown County, created in 1856 and organized two years later, has had four courthouses. Pioneer settler Welcome William Chandler donated land for the first courthouse, a log cabin. The county moved the building twice, first two miles to the Billy Connell farm, then to this site after Greenleaf Fisk's donation of land for a new townsite resolved an 1868 dispute. Commissioners also added a second story to the structure. A combination courthouse and jail built in 1876 served only four years before it burned. Waco architectural firm Dodson & Dudley designed a new building in 1884. The current classical revival courthouse, built in 1917-18, incorporated interior walls and vaults from the prior structure.
Erected 2007 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 14008.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture.
Location. 31° 43.365′ N, 98° 58.793′ W. Marker is in Brownwood, Texas, in Brown County. Marker is on North Fisk Avenue near South Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north. Just across North Fisk Avenue from the Brown County Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brownwood TX 76801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2018, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. This page has been viewed 239 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2018, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
