Year Built: 1937
Architect: C. H. Page
The Orange County Courthouse is located in Orange, Texas.
The earliest trials in Orange County were conducted beneath shade trees or in a room above a Water Street business house shared by the Masonic Lodge. The first official temple of justice was a single-story, wooden affair on Market Street built in 1853. The courthouse doubled as a gathering place for civic meetings and religious services.
James J. Digon of Orange drew plans for a second courthouse, a $6,200, two-story building completed in 1884. This judicial edifice burned just three years later; thanks to a sturdy steel vault, most of the records survived the blaze.
The current courthouse was erected in 1937. The brick, limestone, and marble structure boasts a Moderne style, created by C.H. Page of Austin. The courthouse was expanded in 1960.
From “Monuments of Justice Orange County” on the Texas County Progress Website.
