Location Weatherford, Texas Architectural style Second Empire RTHL # 3939 | Built 1884 (1884)–86 NRHP Reference # 71000957 | |
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Architect Wesley Clark Dodson (W.C. Dodson) | ||
The Parker County Courthouse is an historic building located at Courthouse Square in Weatherford, Texas, the seat of Parker County. Built in 1884–86, it was the county's fourth courthouse; the first was a wooden building, and the second and third both burned down. Architect Wesley Clark Dodson, who designed at least six courthouses in Texas, designed the Second Empire building. The three-story limestone building is visually divided into five bays; the end and central bays are projecting and feature stone pilasters at their corners. The second-story windows are tall and arched, and the roof line features bracketing around the eaves. The red shingled roof has two mansards atop the ends and a three-story tower in the center; each piece features dormers and a widow's walk, while the tower has louvers and a clock on its upper stories.
The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1971.