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The
1906 Sabine County courthouse in Hemphill
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
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. |
Sabine County Courthouse
as it appeared in 1940
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
County
seal at the front entrance inside the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Sabine
County Courthouse Historical Marker |
Historical
marker affixed to the east side of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
| "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 |
Another
view of the 1906 Sabine County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 | |
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