Caldwell County Courthouse, County courthouse in Lockhart, United States

The Caldwell County Courthouse is a three-story courthouse building in Lockhart featuring cream-colored limestone walls with red sandstone accents. A central clock tower topped with a Seth Thomas timepiece crowns the structure and is visible from all sides of the square.

Built in 1894 to replace a courthouse too small for the growing county, the Caldwell County Courthouse was long attributed to Alfred Giles; recent research credits Henry E. M. Guidon, later Giles's partner. It was built from the same Guidon plans as the Goliad County courthouse, making the two nearly identical. It became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1976 and joined the National Register on January 3, 1978, as part of the Caldwell County Courthouse Historic District.

The courthouse exterior appears in two films: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Waiting for Guffman (1996). The building is nearly identical to the Goliad County courthouse, since both were built from the same plans by Henry E.M. Guidon, who later became a partner of Alfred Giles.

The courthouse stands on the square in Lockhart, with the main entrance facing the square and the clock tower rising above the mansard roof. The exterior, including the cream limestone and red sandstone walls, can be seen at any time from the surrounding square; interior access depends on county offices being open.

The timepiece was manufactured by Seth Thomas, a renowned clockmaker of the 1800s whose clocks were installed in hundreds of buildings across the United States. This particular clock has been telling time to visitors for nearly 130 years.