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The
1906 Sabine County courthouse
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, 2010 |
The Present Sabine
County Courthouse
- Hemphill, Texas Date
- 1906
Built in the Beaux-Arts style, a fire in 1909 destroyed the building's
dome and clock tower and they were never replaced.
Architect of the original
building - A. N. Dawson.
Location - State Hwy 87
Sabine
County Courthouse Historical Marker > |
Sabine County Courthouse
as it appeared in 1940
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Sabine
County Courthouse Historical Marker |
Historical
marker affixed to the east side of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Historical
Marker TextSabine
County CourthouseAn
1858 election called for Sabine County offices to be moved from Milam (7 mi. N)
to this more central location. The new county seat, Hemphill, was named for former
Texas Supreme Court Justice John Hemphill. The first courthouse at this site burned
in 1875 and was replaced by a larger frame structure. The present building was
started in 1906 by N. A. Dawson under the direction of James Barney Lewis. The
two two floors were rebuilt following a fire in 1909 and a remodeling of the structure
was completed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration. |
| "Milam
served as the seat of local government in Sabine County until 1858, when voters
decided to move the courthouse to a more central location. E.P. Beddoe drew the
assignment of finding the right spot and platting a town there. They named it
Hemphill in honor of John Hemphill, former chief
justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas and of the State of Texas."
- by Archie P. McDonald, PhD |
County
seal at the front entrance inside the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
District
Courtroom on the third floor
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Another
view of the 1906 Sabine County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 | |
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