Designed by prolific architect J. Riely Gordon, the 1896 courthouse was awarded restoration funds in the first round of the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program.
Restoration work included substantial reconstruction of the Courtroom where the balcony and all historic woodwork had been removed, requiring extensive research of on-site conditions and at other Gordon-designed courthouses contemporary to Erath County's.
You can also see information about the courthouse and its environs at 254Texascourthouses.net, here.
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