Jeff Davis County Courthouse, County courthouse in Fort Davis, Texas.
The Jeff Davis County Courthouse is a courthouse building in Neoclassical style with columned porticos on two sides and a Beaux-Arts clock tower crowning the structure. The two-story building holds county offices on the ground floor and the district courtroom on the upper level, serving all judicial functions for the region.
Construction took place between 1910 and 1911, replacing an adobe structure that had served the county since 1880. This new building provided a durable and permanent facility for the county's judicial operations in this remote western location.
The building continues to serve as the hub where residents handle legal matters and civic affairs today. Its central location makes it the natural gathering point for the community's administrative and social activities.
The courthouse faces Court Avenue at 100 Court Avenue, on the north side of the square; the square is bounded by Court Avenue, South State Street, Woodward Avenue and South Front Street. Steps on the north, south and east sides reach the raised ground floor, while the west side has a wheelchair-accessible entrance. An elevator on the southeast side connects the two floors.
A U.S. Geological Survey benchmark on the east side of the building records 4,900 feet (1,494 m), while the courthouse itself sits at 5,050 feet (1,539 m). A cylindrical concrete block cistern built around 1900 stands at the southwest corner of the square and counts as a contributing structure to the National Register listing.
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