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Houston County
Courthouse
County Seat - Crockett,
Texas
Date - 1939
Architect - Blum E. Hester
Style - Moderne
Material - Stone
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Houston
County Courthouse
today
Photo Courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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Houston
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Houston
County Courthouse
From Oddities
by Mike Cox:
"Even
during the Depression, it’s hard to imagine a 55-year-old building
being sold for only $1.
But that’s what the Commissioner’s Court of Houston County sold their
1883-vintage courthouse for back in 1939. There was a catch, of course.
The new owner of the structure had to agree to tear it down immediately
so make room for construction of a new courthouse. The county found
a buyer, who presumably recouped his investment by selling material
salvaged from the building, and the building was razed.
County officials conducted their business in the nearby Crockett Hotel
until the new courthouse was completed. That one, a stone, Moderne-style
structure which cost $200,000 to build, still stands on the square
in Crockett."... more |
Oil painting
of 1883 Houston County courthouse displayed on second floor of the
current courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, February 2006 |
Houston County
has had five courthouses: 1838, 1851, 1869, 1883 and the current 1939
courthouse
County and City History
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Crime
doesn't pay (but you get to wear some pretty nice clothes)
Photo
Courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006
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