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Jim Hogg County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
Date - 1913
Architect - Henry T. Phelps
Style - Texas Renaissance
On Texas Hwy 16
and Tilley St.
Photographer's Note:
"The 1913 Jim Hogg County courthouse
is the only courthouse the county has ever had.
Designed by San
Antonio architect Henry T. Phelps, it was later remodeled in the Classical
Revival style, and covered with stucco." Terry
Jeanson |
Jim Hogg County courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The modest district courtroom with its decorative metal pressed ceiling.
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
"This
photo of county seat founder James R. Hebbron, donated by his granddaughters,
hangs in the downstairs hallway."
- Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
| "James R Hebbron...
was born in London, England in 1828 and spent much of his time in the US in what
became Salinas in California. However, he did much to develop cattle ranching
around Hebbronville for a time. He finally
died, aged 98, in 1926! He was my half great-uncle." - Chris Hebbron,
June 20, 2006 |
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Photo by John Troesser, April 2001 | |
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