Premier Commercial Group was selected to lead a $3.1 million restoration project on the 1890 Donley County Courthouse last week during a called session of the Commissioners’ Court.
The County selected Premier to be the Construction Manager At-Risk for the new project based in part on the work the company did on the courthouse following damage caused by a 2021 freeze. Commissioners also considered a proposal by Phoenix One, the company that originally restored the building in 2003.
The new project will focus on exterior brick on the south wall, which is slowly pulling away from the building. Premier will also replace or conserve sandstone on the building that is spalling or flaking, but the scope of that work is secondary to repairing the brick wall.
The Texas Historical Commission’s Courthouse Preservation Program has awarded $2,594,974 for this project with the county matching the grant with $457,937 in its own courthouse maintenance fund.
The Donley County Courthouse is the oldest functioning courthouse in the Texas Panhandle.
Construction started on the building in the spring of 1890 at a cost of $35,000 and county offices moved into the building in February of 1891.
The building was one of the first courthouses restored by the Courthouse Preservation Program at a total cost of $4.2 million in 2003.
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