It includes works by architects Jules Leffland and Wyatt C. Hedrick and others.

The NRHP listing included 46 contributing buildings and two contributing objects, as well as 31 non-contributing buildings and two non-contributing objects, on the blocks fronting on the courthouse square and on nearby blocks (see map on page 7 of NRHP document).

[1][2] The Wharton County Courthouse itself is a three-story Art Deco building with a one-story addition.

The courthouse square was lined with pecan trees as of 1991 and has an octagonal gazebo and three memorials.

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