The costs to tear down the 1914 Nueces County Courthouse may be covered by a fund that has primarily backed private investment downtown, should county commissioners’ requests be fulfilled.
Nueces County officials indicated earlier this year that the vacant courthouse — located off North Mesquite Street and Interstate 37 — would eventually meet its end with demolition, following a state decision to lift the easement and historical designation that had previously barred razing the structure.
Among questions that swiftly followed: where the county might find the dollars in a tight budget to bring down the building…