Cooke County Courthouse
Gainesville, Texas
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1911
Architect - Lang & Witchell
Photos: Robert Deering 6/2/2013
 
 
 
1878 Courthouse
 
 
 
 
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1848

COUNTY NAMED FOR: William G. Cooke, a hero of the Texas Revolution.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Gainesville

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR:  Edmund Pendleton Gaines, an early Texas military leader

COURTHOUSES: Four - 1850, 1853, 1880, and 1911

STANDING: One - 1911 Beaux-Arts building made of brick and stone


Gainesville Courthouse Square Video

         
         


Photo: 7/8/2016


1911 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939

1911 Courthouse
Photo: Robert Deering 1974

RENOVATION: Complete - Rededication November 12, 2011

ADDRESS
: 100 S. Dixon Street, Gainesville, Texas