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The Present Bowie
County Courthouse in New Boston, Texas
County Seat - Boston
Date - 1985
Architect
- Thomas and Embeton Associates, Texarkana.
Style - Modern
Material -
Concrete and brick
Location
- US 30 at the SH 8 intersection |
The
1891 Bowie County Courthouse - Boston, TexasThe
1891 courthouse was vacated after construction of the new courthouse and was burned
by an arsonist in 1989. |
The
1891 Bowie County Courthouse
1939 photo courtesy TXDoT |
| The old courthouse
square in Boston, where the 1891 courthouse used
to stand, has been turned into a park. Notice the old jail on the right. The raised
walls to the right of the garzebo mark the foundation of the burned courthouse. |
| The
1891 Bowie County jail was used until 1984. It still stands on the southeast corner
of the old courthouse square in Boston. |
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