Fayette County

The Fayette County courthouse was constructed of stone in Romanesque Revival style in 1891. Famed architect J. Riely Gordon designed this remarkable courthouse and it was built at a cost of $87,356.

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Fayetteville citizens raised $600.00 in private funds, received $200.00 in tax money from the County Commissioners' Court, and built this Victorian precinct Courthouse in 1880. A ball held in the new building netted funds for painting. The 2-cell calaboose upstairs was completed in 1887. A ladies' club donated the clock in 1934. In early Texas, precinct Courthouses were very rare. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1977