Cooke County Courthouse

Gainsville, Texas



Photo: Robert Deering 4/16/2003

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Completed - 1911
Architect - Lang & Witchell


COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1848

COUNTY NAMED FOR: William G. Cooke, a hero of the Texas Revolution.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Gainesville

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR:  Edmund Pendelton Gaines, an early Texas military leader

COURTHOUSES: Four - 1850, 1853, 1878, and 1911

STANDING: One - 1911 Beaux-Arts building made of brick and stone.

LINKS: Cooke County