Wise County Courthouse - Aug. 10th, 2025

Visit the 1895 Wise County Courthouse in Decatur

The courthouse is completely fenced off & being refurbished

Spectacular courthouse w/2 diff color granite in its friezes, turrets & dormers

Oten compared to the Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie

With columned & arched doorways in each of the four corners

Based on the cruciform plan & Romanesque Revival architectural style

Taking up 80% of the courthouse square footprint

And rising six stories into the air, so very impressive!

Zoom in on the padlocked door with Texas Historical marker

Then zoom on the corner balconies and turrets

Cornerstone laid by the Masons on October 5, 1895 AD

1895 Wise County Judge & Commissioners listed

Courthouse has two rounded entrances and two square entrances

Memorial to Wise County citizens who died during WWI & WWII

If barriers weren't enough, proof that the courthouse is being restored

Business opposite the courthouse NW corner at State & Walnut Streets

Continue to the 1st rounded entrance w/stairway to left middle arch

View of both rounded entries with a rounded center area between

Finish the circle back where the tour started in the SE Corner

Centennial Celebration time capsule to be opened in 50 years . . . 2046

Powerful Shelby Ford F-150, w/775 HP, to match the remarkable courthouse