The Wilson County Courthouse and Jail are located in Floresville, Texas

Floresville, Texas

Floresville is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,868 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wilson County. The city is also part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas in 1978 and as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark is a designation awarded by the Texas Historical Commission for historically and architecturally significant properties in the state of Texas....

 in 1984.

Architect Alfred Giles

Alfred Giles (architect)

Alfred Giles was a British architect who emigrated to Texas in the 19th Century. Many of the private homes and public buildings designed by Giles are on the National Register of Historic Places and have been designated Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. A number of his designs can be found in San...

 used local brick for the Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

 design. The courthouse was remodeled in the 1930s, when the bricks were plastered over, and again in the1950's. Giles also designed the Brooks County Courthouse

Brooks County Courthouse (Texas)

Brooks County Courthouse is located in Falfurrias, in the U.S. state of Texas. The structure was designed by Alfred Giles in 1914 in the Classic revival style. Prior to the erection of the brick county courthouse, local government housed itself in rented space. The courthouse was named a Recorded...

, Fredericksburg Memorial Library

Fredericksburg Memorial Library (Texas)

The Fredericksburg Memorial Library, also known as the Pioneer Memorial Library or the Old Courthouse, is located at 115 W. Main Street, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas...

, Live Oak County Courthouse

Live Oak County Courthouse (Texas)

Live Oak County Courthouse is located in George West, in the U.S. state of Texas. Designed by architect Alfred Giles in 1919 in the Classic revival style, this is the last courthouse Giles designed...

, Presidio County Courthouse

Presidio County Courthouse

The Presidio County Courthouse is located in Marfa in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964.-Design:...

, Webb County Courthouse

Webb County Courthouse (Texas)

The Webb County Courthouse is located in Laredo in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.-Design:...

 as well as courthouses in the counties of Goliad and Kerr

Kerr County, Texas

Kerr County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 49,625. Its county seat is Kerrville. Kerr County was named by Joshua D. Brown for his fellow Kentucky native, James Kerr, a congressman of the Republic of Texas...

. In 1909, Giles designed the facade of the Kendall County Courthouse

Kendall County Courthouse and Jail (Texas)

The limestone Kendall County Courthouse and Jail are located in Boerne, in the U.S. state of Texas. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1970....

. He also designed the 1885 Llano County

Llano County, Texas

Llano County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 19, 301. Its county seat is Llano, and the county is named for the Llano River....

 courthouse, which burned down in 1892.

In use until 1974, the white brick and stucco cubic jail was designed in 1887 by James Riely Gordon

James Riely Gordon

James Riely Gordon was an architect of courthouses throughout the United States and the state of Texas in particular. Gordon's specialty was constructing public buildings mainly in the Romanesque Revival style. His most successful plan was that of a Greek cross with a square central stairwell and...

 and built at the NE corner of the square. Contractor B.B. Reid erected the building for $14,000. General living quarters are on the ground floor, with the prisoner cells on the second floor separated from the second-floor bedrooms. Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company manfactured the pre-fab cell blocks.