​DeWitt County Courthouse

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Marker Text: ​County was organized in 1846 with Cameron as the first seat of government. Clinton was county from 1850 to 1876, when its two-story frame courthouse was moved to the new seat of Cuero. That building burned in April 1894. The present courthouse was built from 1894 and May 1896, designed by A. O. Watson and completed under supervision of  Eugene Heiner. The Richardson Romanesque building, strongly influenced by H. H. Richardson's Allegheny County courthouse with a six-story clock tower and flanking pavilions. In 2007, the courthouse was rededicated with a ceremony patterned after the 1896 original dedication. (1966)

Marker No: 18057

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Texas Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places

State Antiquities Landmark

Geographic: 29.092072,-97.289238

Location: 307 North Gonzales Street, Courthouse Square, Cuero