Public Sq., 12th and Maple Sts., Bandera, Texas. County/parish: Bandera.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 31, 1979. NRIS 79002911.
3 contributing buildings.
The Bandera County Courthouse and Jail are two separate historic county governmental buildings located near each other in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, The Bandera County Courthouse, built in 1890 at the corner of Main and Pecan streets, is a Renaissance Revival style building designed by San Antonio architect B. F. Trester. It is three-story building with a central clock tower made from rusticated limestone cut from a local quarry. The clock is non-functioning and painted on, displaying the time 10:09. The current jail is a non-historic, modern facility located along State Highway 16 on the north end of town.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971026