Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District, Victorian architectural district in Albany, Texas.

The Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District spans several blocks with limestone buildings decorated with period details from the 1880s construction era. The courthouse sits at the center and is surrounded by other stone structures that shape the streetscape.

Shackelford County was created in 1858 and Albany became its seat in 1874. A wood-frame courthouse went up in 1875, with a county jail beside it in 1878. After Albany became a Texas Central Railroad terminus in 1881, stone commercial and civic buildings replaced earlier wood-frame residences around the square. The first courthouse was torn down in 1883 and the present one built in 1884.

The county jail built in 1878 beside the first courthouse now houses the Old Jail Art Center, which holds exhibitions in the former cell block. The building is one of the district's oldest surviving structures, predating the 1884 courthouse and the stone commercial blocks around the square.

The district lies between South 1st, South 4th, South Jacobs, and South Pecan Streets, making it easy to explore on foot. Most buildings are accessible from the street and there is ample space to walk and observe the architectural details.

The district's oldest surviving building is not the courthouse but the 1878 county jail, now the Old Jail Art Center, built beside the first wood-frame courthouse of 1875. The present courthouse replaced that frame structure in 1884, and the youngest buildings in the district date to the 1920s.