Ellis County Court House
Waxahachie, Texas
 
 
     
 
 Completed - 1896
 Architect -  J. Riely Gordon
Photos: Robert Deering 8/31/2021
 
 

2010 Courts Building
Waxahachie, Texas
 

2010 Sub-Courthouse
Ennis, Texas

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1850

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Richard Ellis, the President of the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1836.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Waxahachie

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Waxahachie is a Tonkawa word referring to cow or buffalo creek. The town was named after the nearby Waxahachie Creek.

COURTHOUSES: 1850, 1854, 1873, 1896, 2000, and 2010

STANDING: 1896 Romanesque Revival building of sandstone and granite, and 2010 Courts Buildsing both in Waxahachie, plus 2000 Sub-Courthouse in Ennis.

         
         
         
         

1896 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939		  
1896 Courthouse
Photo: Robert Deering 1974  
RENOVATION: Complete - Rededication October 4, 2003

ADDRESS: 101 W Main St, Waxahachie, Texas

 

Ellis County Courts Building
Waxahachie, Texas
Completed - 2010
Architect -  HDR Architecture, Inc.
Photos: Robert Deering 8/31/2021
     
ADDRESS: 109 S Jackson St, Waxahachie, Texas

 

Ellis County Sub-Courthouse
Ennis, Texas


Ennis Sub-Courthouse
Completed 2010
Photo: Robert Deering 8/31/2021  
ADDRESS: 207 S Sonoma Trail, Ennis, Texas