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The
1941 Cherokee County courthouse today.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2007 |
The
Present Cherokee County Courthouse Date
- 1941
Architect - Gill and Bennett, Inc.
Style - Moderne
Material
- stone
Annex built in 1955 |
Cherokee
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1941
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
A
later view of the Cherokee County Courthouse
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Photographer's
Note:
"About five or six years ago, a Cherokee County inmate was
enlisted to create a
mural of the history of Cherokee County on the upper floor of the courthouse.
The mural extends from the east to the west side of the building and is, mostly,
in chronological order. The ground floor also contains portraits of famous Texans,
famous Cherokee County residents and local heroes..." |
The
1889 Cherokee County Courthouse |
| "In
1921, Civil War Veterans gathered for this photograph opportunity outside the
third courthouse building... The building was used from 1890 until 1926, when
an office addition was built on the north side." Text and Photo Courtesy
Arcadia Publishing & the Cherokee Co Historical Commission |
| "This
photo of the 1889 Cherokee County courthouse hangs in the first floor hallway
of the current courthouse." Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2007 |
Photographer's
Note: "The caption below the picture reads as follows:
THIRD COURTHOUSE
- Cherokee County's third courthouse, a brick one with clock tower, was completed
in 1889 on the same site as all previous and later ones. Photo shows the remodeling
work underway with part of the clock tower removed. The many-gabled roof was also
changed to a flat one in this remodeling work. Note the many chimneys in this
building required for stoves in the offices on all floors and the courtroom in
the center of the building. Central heat and air-conditioning were not invented
when this photo was taken. Note that the soldier in the monument to Cherokee County's
Civil War soldiers was holding a full-barreled rifle, but in later remodeling,
the rifle barrel was broken. The barrel pieces were lost in the courthouse, so
it has never been repaired and is one of the few of this era lacking a complete
rifle for the veteran. Photo from Cherokee County Historical Commission Archives."
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| "This
photo of the remodeled 1889 Cherokee County courthouse hangs in the first floor
hallway of the current courthouse." Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2007 |
Photographer's
Note: "The caption below it reads as follows:
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
- Cherokee County's Courthouse, Rusk, as it appeared after one of several remodelings
and updatings from the days of the log structure erected on the same site in 1847
after Cherokee County was carved out of old Nacogdoches County by order of the
Texas Legislature on April 11, 1846. This remodeling project removed the steeple
and clock from the structure. The building was stuccoed also but retained four
entrances. The monument to the county's Civil War veterans was dedicated Nov.
11, 1921, after a county-wide fund-raising covered the cost. It remains the only
monument to Civil War veterans in the county, a county which provided more than
2,000 men for the South in that war. The monument was moved to its present spot
a short distance away in another courthouse remodeling project. This courthouse
has always been called the "1926 courthouse" because the work was finished in
that year. Photo from Cherokee County Historical Commission Archives." |
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