History / Architecture
The 1886 Bosque County Courthouse was restored to its Victorian design in 2007
The Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian is a three-story limestone building from 1886, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and restored between 2005 and 2007 with Texas Historical Commission support.
The Bosque County Courthouse sits on the square in Meridian. Fort Worth architect J.J. Kane designed it, and it was finished in 1886. The building is three stories of limestone built in the High Victorian Gothic Revival style. It has an off-center clock tower and corner turret roofs. The Texas Historical Commission counts it among the oldest Texas courthouses still in continuous use.
In 1934, a WPA project changed the building. Workers removed the clock tower and the original roofline and put on a flat concrete roof. The courthouse was named a Texas Historic Landmark in 1965. It went on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
A major restoration ran from 2005 to 2007. A Texas Historical Commission Courthouse Preservation Program grant helped pay for it. Workers rebuilt the original clock tower and the four corner turrets. They installed historic reproduction windows and doors. The district courtroom was brought back to its original height. The restored courthouse was rededicated on September 22, 2007. You can visit it on the Meridian square.
Source to confirm: Texas Historical Commission — Bosque County Courthouse