Old Cora Courthouse

Local people raised money in 1938 to move the log courthouse near Lake Eanes. About 1961 the Burks Museum in Comanche took it for repairs. When that private museum was sold, the Comanche Historical Commission secured the cabin and returned it to the courthouse square, where the Old Cora Commission finished restoration in 1984. Texas Escapes counts five sites between 1856 and 1983. Its west room reputedly served as the courthouse from 1856 to 1858. Authentic Texas calls it the oldest standing wooden courthouse in Texas, and a 2001 legislative resolution lists it among Comanche's attractions.

What the plaque says

Old Cora Courthouse Soon after the creation of Comanche County in 1856, the town of Cora (10 mi. SE) was platted to serve as the county seat. The courthouse in Cora, typical of many early Texas courthouses, was a 12' 7" x 12" 10", one-room, squared log structure. It served the county until the seat of government was moved to Comanche in 1859. The "Old Cora" courthouse was incorporated into a house built about 1880 and has been moved several times over the years. It stands as a reminder of the now-extinct town of Cora and of early Texas courthouse architecture. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Dublin Bottling Works — 20 mi
  The Erath County plant that bottled Dr Pepper with cane sugar from 1891 until a 2012 settlement ended its Dr Pepper license, and that still makes its own sodas the same way.
• Lake Brownwood State Park — 25 mi
  A CCC park on a reservoir that filled in a single flood before its dam was done, with stone cabins, a hilltop dance pavilion and a grand staircase climbed by dancers arriving by boat.

More markers nearby

• Fleming Oak — steps away
• General Ashbel Smith, C.S.A. — steps away
• Indian Raid in Comanche — steps away
• Robert Thomas Hill — steps away