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Limestone
County Courthouse
County Seat - Groesbeck, Texas
Date - 1924
Architect - R. H. Strucky
Style - Classical Revival
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The
1924 Limestone County Courthouse
Photo by John Troesser, 2001 |
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The
courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The formidable Limestone County Courthouse was built in 1924 of brick,
concrete, marble and tile (you were expecting limestone?) The impressive
courthouse is unusual in that there are practically no buildings facing
it. Groesbeck has no "Courthouse Square" per se.
Limestone County has had 5 courthouses:
1847 - County seat - Springfield
1856
1878 - County seat - Groesbeck
1892
1924 |
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The 1892 Limestone County Courthouse in 1914
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
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Originally the
settlement of Springfield (five miles north of town on Hwy 14) was
the county seat. It had to be - for years it was the only town in
the county. It died shortly after the Houston and Texas Central
railroad came through and bypassed the town in favor of Groesbeck.
Today a cemetery alongside the road to Fort Parker State Park is
all that remains of Springfield.
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