Commissioners approve seeking bids to replace deteriorating courthouse gazebo

May 13, 2026

After a presentation from a citizens group and the project architect, Brewster County Commissioners voted to obtain bids to remove an aging wooden gazebo on the courthouse lawn and build a smaller ADA-accessible structure paid for from historical restricted funds.

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A group calling itself the 'Ladies of the Lawn' presented plans to remove the existing wooden gazebo on the courthouse lawn (in place since about 1982) and replace it with a smaller, lower, ADA-accessible structure on a concrete pad. Kirsten Moody explained the gazebo suffers from termite damage and rot and asked the court to permit demolition and return with construction bids.

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