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Jasper
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson December, 2007 |
Jasper
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Jasper
County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Lou Ann Herda, Ed.D, 2002 |
Jasper
County Courthouse Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson December, 2007 |
Historical
Marker TextJasper
County Courthouse Jasper
County was one of the original twenty-three counties created when the Republic
of Texas was established in 1836 following the Texas Revolution. Bevil settlement,
established by pioneer John Bevil about 1824, became the seat of government and
was renamed Jasper in 1835 in honor of American Revolutionary War hero William
Jasper.
The first county courthouse on this site, a two-room log structure,
was destroyed by fire in 1849. It was replaced by a two-story building, completed
about 1854.
The present courthouse, constructed of locally made red brick,
was completed in 1889. One year later a tower with a four-sided clock and bell
was added. Additional wings were built onto the east and west sides of the structure
in 1931, and the entire courthouse was covered with stucco. An adjacent office
building was erected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1940, and the
courthouse clock tower was removed in a 1957 remodeling project.
The Courthouse
Square, with its official buildings and landscaped grounds, continues to be a
focal point of Jasper County activities. |
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The
courthouse clock tower. Removed during a 1957 remodeling, it was restored in the
early 1990s.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson December, 2007 |
Jasper
County Courthouse district courtroom
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson December, 2007 | |
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