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Bandera County Courthouse
Bandera County Courthouse in 2009
Interactive map showing the location of Bandera County Courthouse
Location	504 Main St., Bandera, Texas
Coordinates	29°43′36″N 99°4′21″W / 29.72667°N 99.07250°W / 29.72667; -99.07250
Built	1890 (1890)
Architect	B.F. Trester
Architectural style(s)	Spanish Renaissance Revival
Governing body	Bandera County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Designated	1972
Reference no.	291
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The Bandera County Courthouse and Jail are two separate historic county governmental buildings located near each other in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, The Bandera County Courthouse, built in 1890 at the corner of Main and Pecan streets, is a Renaissance Revival style building designed by San Antonio architect B. F. Trester. It is three-story building with a central clock tower made from rusticated limestone cut from a local quarry. The clock is non-functioning and painted on, displaying the time 10:09. The current jail is a non-historic, modern facility located along State Highway 16 on the north end of town.

Former courthouse and jail

Bandera County Courthouse and Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Texas State Antiquities Landmark
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Former Bandera County Courthouse in 2013
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Location	Public Sq., 12th and Maple Sts., Bandera, Texas
Coordinates	29°43′32″N 99°4′20″W / 29.72556°N 99.07222°W / 29.72556; -99.07222
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1869 (1869)
Architect	B.F. Trester, Alfred Giles
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	79002911
TSAL No.	8200000029
RTHL No.	Courthouse: 1599 Jail: 3755
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 31, 1979
Designated TSAL	May 28, 1981
Designated RTHL	Courthouse: 1979 Jail: 1965

Bandera County was organized in 1856 and used makeshift quarters for jail and courthouse functions until 1877, when the county purchased a two-story stone building constructed in 1868 which is now known as the Old Courthouse. The building served as county courthouse until the present courthouse was built in 1891. A former one-story cut stone jail adjacent to the Old Courthouse designed by San Antonio architect Alfred Giles was built in 1881. On October 31, 1979, the two buildings, located on 12th St. between Maple St. and SH 16, were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a single entry. The two buildings are also jointly listed as a State Antiquities Landmark.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bandera County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Bandera County
• List of county courthouses in Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Texas Historical Markers: First Bandera County Courthouse
3. Texas Escapes: Bandera County Courthouse
4. "Texas Historical Markers: Bandera County Jail". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
5. "Bandera County Courthouse" Texas Historical Commission Atlas
6. 8200000029

Bibliography

• Kelsey, Mavis P, Sr.; Dyal, Donald H. (1993). The Courthouses of Texas. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-546-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Media related to Bandera County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Former Bandera County Courthouse and Jail at Wikimedia Commons

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