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The Present
Knox County Courthouse
- Benjamin, Texas
Date
- 1935
Architect - Voelcker & Dixon
Style - Moderne
Material - Stone |
Back view of
the 1935 Knox County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson |
The 1935 Knox
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo Courtesy TXDoT |
| "The district
courtroom in the current courthouse is quite spacious and looks to
be unaltered."
- Terry
Jeanson |
The 1888 Knox
County Courthouse
- Benjamin, Texas
Photographer's
Note:
The historical marker over the cornerstone gives the date of the former
courthouse as 1891, but the THC lists the date as 1888. - Terry
Jeanson |
| "This photo
of the sandstone 1888 Knox County courthouse is displayed in the first
floor hallway of the current courthouse along with other vintage photos,
artifacts and county memorabilia."
- Terry
Jeanson |
The demolished
1888 Knox County Courthouse.
Early 1900s photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
"The cornerstone
of the 1888 Knox County courthouse amidst a sea of bluebonnets. The
writing on the cornerstone is mostly illegible."
- Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson |
Former Knox County
jail in Benjamin
Photo
Courtesy Barclay
Gibson, 2003 |
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