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Lamar County has had six courthouses: 1841, 1844 (the first in Paris),
1847, 1873, 1897 and 1917. More history |
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and exterior restoration of the 1917 Lamar County courthouse was completed
in 2005. - Terry Jeanson, June 2007 photo |
The Present
Lamar County Courthouse
Date: 1917
Architect: Barry & Smith and Sanguinet & Staats
Style: Classical Revival with Romanesque detail
Material: Built from marble and granite cleaned from the burned 1897
courthouse, the pink granite is from the same quarry as the State
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Triple
arched entrance facing Main Street (BUS 271.)
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, June 2007 |
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Lamppost
with open-winged eagles at its base over the Houston street entrance.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, June 2007 |
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Lamar
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
L -
Lamar County Courthouse
R - Lamar County Courthouse before the 1916 fire
Old postcards |
The 1897
Lamar County Courthouse
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photo of the 1897 Lamar County courthouse hangs in a display case
on the fourth floor of the current courthouse. The fourth floor jail
in the courthouse was vacated in 1993 and converted into office space.
Terry Jeanson, June 2007 |
Photographer's
Note:
Although Kelsey's book lists the previous courthouse as 1896, the
historical marker in front of the courthouse says 1897. |
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A
tin-type of Lamar County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Mark Armstrong |
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