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HARRIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Houston, Texas

County Seat - Houston, Texas
Harris County has had 5 courthouses:
1838, 1851, 1883, 1910 and the 1953 courthouse.

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The present Harris County Courthouse, circa 1953

The 1953 Harris County Courthouse

Postcard courtesy THC

Style - Modern
Material - Marble and granite

The 1910 Harris County Courthouse

Architect - Lang, Winchell & Barglebaugh
Style - Beaux-Arts
Material - Granite and brick
National Register Property

The former Harris County Courthouse is still in use for Harris County Civil Courts. On Preston and Caroline Streets downtown.

One postcard caption for the 1910 building states: "The Largest Courthouse in the State of Texas." The figure that once stood atop the building disappeared sometime before 1939.

Courthouse View during Main Street Construction
Photo by John Troesser 2002

The 1910 Harris County Courthouse as it appeared in 1955

Photo courtesy THC

The 1910 Harris County Courthouse, Houston, Texas

The 1910 Harris County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939

Photo courtesy TXDoT

The 1910 Harris County Courthouse post card

Postcard dated 1921

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Another postcard of the 1910 courthouse

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The 1910 Harris County Courthouse gargoyle

A detail repeated above many entrances

Photo by John Troesser 6-01

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The 1883 Harris County Courthouse

The 1883 Harris County Courthouse

Courtesy THC

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HARRIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE Houston, Texas

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The present Harris County Courthouse, circa 1953

The 1910 Harris County Courthouse

The 1883 Harris County Courthouse

© John Troesser Harris County Courthouse Forum

HARRIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Houston, Texas

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© John Troesser

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