Duval County Courthouse
San Diego, Texas
The Duval County Courthouse, constructed in 1916, was designed by architects Sanguinet, Staats & Gottlieb in the Classical Revival style. It is comprised of a central 4-story volume containing the courtroom at its upper two levels and flanked by 3 story volumes to the east and west. It is constructed of brick masonry bearing walls with limestone accents at sill courses, pier capitals and bases, and coping stones highlighting the roof parapets. A sympathetic addition to the south was added in 1938 housing offices and jail cells. Multiple additions and years of disrepair resulted in the building being listed on Preservation Texas’ Most Endangered Places list.
In 2019, Architexas was hired to provide an update to the County’s courthouse master plan and to assist the County in applying for funding under the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program (THCPP). The County was awarded a Round XI grant of $580,000 to complete emergency repairs and subsequently received two supplemental grants for a total of $1.4 million.
Architexas prepared construction documents and provided construction administrative services for the following scope of work: Site drainage issues, replacement of the electrical service including addressing life safety and non-compliant electrical issues, addressing structural masonry displacement issues resulting from rusting underlying steel, and selectively restoring the wood window assemblies.
