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Cooke County Courthouse
Cooke County Seat - Gainesville, Texas

Cooke county has had four courthouses:
1911
1878
1853
1850

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Gainesville Texas Cooke county Courthouse today

The 1911 Cooke County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2003

The Present Cooke County Courthouse - Gainesville, Texas

Date - 1911
Architect - Lang & Witchell
Style - Beaux-Arts
Material - Brick and stone

Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville, Texas 1939 photo

Cooke County courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT

Skylight of Cooke CountyCourthouse, Gainesville, Texas

Cooke County Courthouse Skylight
Photo by Barclay Gibson, 2005

1911 Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville, Texas 1920s photo

The present 1911 Cooke County courthouse with large clock tower and undersized clocks

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Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville, Texas 1930s photo

Cooke County courthouse in the 1930s

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Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville, Texas late 1930s photo

Cooke County courthouse in the late 1930s

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Another view of the 1911 Cooke County Courthouse

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The 1878 Cooke County Courthouse - Gainesville, Texas

The 1878 Cooke County Courthouse

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Cooke County Towns & Ghost Towns
Cooke County Seat - Gainesville

Bulcher

Callisburg

Custer City

Era

Hemming

Lindsay

Lois

Muenster

Myra

Sivells Bend

Valley View

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The Present Cooke County Courthouse - Gainesville, Texas

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