The 1891 Courthouse Is Columbus's Most Visible Landmark

Architect Eugene T. Heiner designed the courthouse in a Renaissance Revival style. It first had a tall clock tower at its center. A hurricane in 1909 took the tower down. Workers replaced it with a copper dome in an Italian Renaissance Revival style. That dome is what you see today. It has a glass skylight on top and windows around its base.

The Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program paid for a full restoration. Work finished and the courthouse was rededicated on May 17, 2014.

The building still works as the county courthouse today. It sits on a historic town square. Victorian-era homes and shops ring the square. The Texas Historical Commission keeps records on the building.