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HARRISON COUNTY COURTHOUSES
County Seat - Marshall, Texas


Harrison County has had five courthouses:
1839, 1848, 1889, 1900 and 1964.

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Marshall has long been famous for the elaborate holiday lighting of their courthouse. Strictly speaking, the building is technically the former courthouse. It is now the Harrison County Historical Museum.

The current courthouse is a modern 1964 design and is located somewhere else.

The Current Harrison County Courthouse - Marshall

Harrison County courthouse, Marshall  Texas

Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2006

The 1964 Harrison County courthouse is a modern structure of glass and brick and was designed by the architectural firm of Turnbull, Inc.
Harrison County courthouse in Marshall  Texas


Postcard courtesy THC

The Fourth Harrison County Courthouse - Marshall

Today the Harrison County Historical Museum
Former Harrison County Courthouse, Marshall, Texas

The 1900 former courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2007

Date - 1900
Architect - J. Reily Gordon
Style - Renaissance Revival / Beaux Arts
Material - Granite, stone and marble

This building is sometimes compared with Gordon's 1901 McLennan County Courthouse in Waco.

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1900 Harrison County Courthouse dome, Marshall, Texas

The 1900 Harrison County courthouse dome
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2007

Former Harrison County Courthouse, Marshall, Texas old photo
The 1900 former courthouse as it appeared in 1939.
Photo courtesy TXDoT
1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas 1908 postcard


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1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas 1911 postcard


Postcard circa 1911 courtesy THC
1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas 1912 postcard


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1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas old postcard


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1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas old postcard


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1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas postcard

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1900 Harrison County courthouse, Marshall , Texas postcard
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The Third Harrison County Courthouse circa 1889 - Marshall
Destroyed by fire 1899
The third Harrison County courthouse in Marshall

Photo courtesy THC

The Second Harrison County Courthouse circa 1848 - Marshall
Demolished in 1889
The second Harrison County courthouse in Marshall




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Harrison County History:
"Harrison County is located in northeastern Texas along the Louisiana border. Marshall, the county seat and largest town, is 152 miles east of Dallas and thirty-nine miles west of Shreveport. Harrison County comprises 894 square miles of the East Texas timberlands, an area that is heavily forested with a great variety of softwoods and hardwoods, especially pine, cypress, and oak. The terrain is gently rolling, with an elevation ranging from 200 to 400 feet above sea level. Northern and eastern Harrison County, about two-thirds of the total area, is drained to the Red River in Louisiana by Little Cypress Creek, Cypress Bayou, and Caddo Lake. The other third of the county is drained by the Sabine River, which forms a part of its southern boundary..." From Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hch8.html
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