The Glasscock County Courthouse is an historic

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building located in Garden City,

Glasscock County, Texas Glasscock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,116. Its county seat is Garden City. The county was created in 1887 and later organized in 1893. It is named for George Washington G ...

. Built in 1909 to 1910 at a cost of $28,000, it was designed by Georgia-born

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architect

Edward Columbus Hosford Edward Columbus Hosford, also known as Edward C. Hosford and E. C. Hosford, (April 24, 1883 – January 2, 1939) was an American architect noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Early l ...

, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. It was built of granite and rusticated stone with gable front porticoes on all sides, each of which is supported by four 2-story

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columns. Unlike the

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also designed by Hosford and built at the same time for $39,786, the Glasscock County Courthouse has no clock tower cupola in the center of its roof and its side porticoes are smaller than the other two. The prior courthouse, a small 2-story stone building, still stands on the property. It was used as a jail after the present courthouse was built but is now closed.Texas Escapes - Garden City - has picture of prior courthouse
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National Register Nomination Form, Glasscock County Courthouse and Jail

Glasscock County website

Protection of Texas County Courthouses

Texas Courthouses: picture of Glasscock County Courthouse
Buildings and structures in Glasscock County, Texas County courthouses in Texas Edward Columbus Hosford buildings Neoclassical architecture in Texas Government buildings completed in 1910 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Glasscock County, Texas {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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