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Monuments of Justice

Monuments of Justice: Harris County Courthouse

January 1, 2022 by Sarah L

County Seat: Houston * County Population: 4,731,145 (2020 Census)  

       The Historic Harris County Courthouse was built in 1910 in a Beaux-Arts style as designed by Lang, Winchell & Barglebaugh. The county rededicated the courthouse in August 2011 following a $53.6 million restoration project that returned the courthouse to its original grandeur.        County business is conducted in a modern county capitol completed in 1953 and … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Harris County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Freestone County Courthouse

December 1, 2021 by Sarah L

County Seat: Fairfield * County Population: 19,435 (2020 Census) 

       The Freestone County Courthouse was built in 1919 in a Classical Revival style as designed by W.R. Kaufman.       Freestone County was carved from eastern Limestone County in 1850 and organized the following year. An eight-man committee selected Mound Prairie as the county seat; the town was eventually renamed Fairfield.       The area’s rich history is … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Freestone County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: San Saba County Courthouse

November 1, 2021 by Sarah L

County Seat: San Saba * County Population: 5,730 (2020 Census) 

   The San Saba community celebrated the county’s newly restored courthouse in a rededication ceremony on March 5, 2020.       The Texas Legislature created and organized San Saba County in 1856. The county was first served by a two-story frame courthouse from 1857-1878, followed by a stone structure from 1878-1910. In 1910, the city of San Saba was incorporated. County … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: San Saba County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Wood County Courthouse

September 2, 2021 by Sarah L

County Seat: Quitman * County Population: 46,291 (2020 Census Estimate) 

       The Texas Legislature created Wood County in 1850 with Quitman as the county seat. The county first used a log courthouse on the south side of the square before building a two-story, frame structure, which burned in 1878.       According to the courthouse historical marker, the county’s third courthouse, designed by the noted F.E. Ruffini, was completed in … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Wood County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: McCulloch County Courthouse

August 30, 2021 by County Progress

County: McCulloch County Seat: Brady * County Population: 7,984 (2019 Census Estimate)

  On Sept. 29, 1899, the local Masonic Lodge laid the cornerstone of the current McCulloch County Courthouse, and by May of 1900 the new courthouse was move-in ready. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, the McCulloch County capitol features flanking turrets, rusticated native sandstone walls, and a pressed metal clock tower. Interestingly, no clocks were ever … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: McCulloch County Courthouse

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