Old Gillespie County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

Fredericksburg, Texas

( W. Main and S. Adams)

Marker installed: 1967

Erected 1881-1882 in term of County Judge Wm. Wahrmund and Commissioners J. Dechert, F. Kneese, J. arson and J. P. Mosel. Architect was Alfred Giles.

Native limestone structure is distinctive in fine balance and symmetry. Second courthouse built in county; used until 1939.

Restoration and conversion to library-community hall is gift of Mr. and Mrs. eugene McDermott.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967.

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The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.