Crockett County Courthouse - Ozona, TX - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

"Because of the late settlement of Crockett County, the 1902 Second Empire courthouse is one of the earliest monuments to the county's establishment. Named in honor of the Alamo hero, colonel David Crockett, the county is located on the Edwards plateau of southwest Texas and is bounded on the west by the Pecos River. The county was originally created from a large outlying district of Bexar county in 1875 from which five counties were later created. The size was decreased in 1885 when Crockett became a subsidiary of Val Verde county and in 1891 the present Crockett County was officially organized."

"The Crockett county courthouse, located at 907 Avenue D, is a two story limestone structure designed by architect, Oscar Ruffini in the popular Second Empire Style. Built as the second courthouse in 1902, only eleven years after Crockett county was organized, the structure dominated the newly founded county seat of Ozona."

"The courthouse is built of hand sawed native limestone laid in large, rough-hewn, ashlar blocks. The plan is bilaterally symmetrical and basically square with four identical five-bay facades. The five-part composition includes a central projecting pavilion, framed by two recessed bays and terminating in projecting end pavilions. While the main roof is hipped, the central pavilions form a gabled pediment and the end pavilions are topped by a pyramidal cap."