Goliad

This was our two hundred-seventh Courthouse in Texas to visit. That means we are at 81.5% of our goal with 18.5% left to go.

Built 1894. Cost $67,888.95. Limestone and brick from 1870 courthouse were used in this, the fourth one built since county’s creation in 1836. Used as hospital after 1902 cyclone. A 1942 storm tore off central clock tower. Enlarged in 1964. Preserving carved staircases, walnut wainscots.