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Old Helena Courthouse
/ Schoolhouse in 1967
Photo from Karnes County Museum Collection
Courtesy William
Beauchamp, April 2012 |
Historical Marker
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Old Helena
Courthouse
Soon after Karnes
County was created and organized in 1854, a frame and clapboard
courthouse was erected at this site in the center of Jefferson Square.
This rock structure was built in 1873 to replace the first courthouse
and adjacent county clerk's office, which had been destroyed by a
storm and fire following the Civil War (1861-65). After county seat
was moved to Karnes
City in 1894, building was used as a school
until 1945. |
The 1873 courthouse
/ Helena schoolhouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2012 |
Northeast corner
of the 1873 courthouse/Schoolhouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2012 |
"After county
seat was moved to Karnes
City in 1894,
building was used as a school until 1945."
Early
1900s photo courtesy William
Beauchamp |
More Helena courthouse/school
class photo
Early 1900s photo courtesy William
Beauchamp |
Upstairs courtroom
/ schoolroom
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2012 |
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