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WHEELER COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Wheeler, Texas

Wheeler County has had three courthouses: 1880, 1907 and 1925

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1925 Wheeler County Courthouse, Wheeler Texas
"The Wheeler County courthouse was restored and rededicated in 2004." -
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September, 2007

The Present Wheeler County Courthouse - Wheeler, Texas

Date - 1925
Architect - E. H. Eads
Style - Classical Revival
Material - Brick

Mobeetie was the original county seat.
The county seat was moved to Wheeler in 1906.
1925 Wheeler County Courthouse, Wheeler  Texas old photo
The 1925 Wheeler County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy of TXDoT
1925 Wheeler County Courthouse and gazebo, Wheeler Texas
1925 Wheeler County Courthouse side view, Wheeler Texas
More views of the 1925 Wheeler County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September, 2007
1925 Wheeler County Courthouse entrance, Wheeler Texas
Wheeler County courthouse entrance
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September, 2007
1925 Wheeler County Courthouse historical marker, Wheeler  Texas
Historical marker on the west side of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September, 2007
"The 1888 Wheeler County courthouse in the first county seat of Mobeetie was moved to the town of Wheeler when Wheeler was elected as the new county seat in 1907. This picture of the Mobeetie courthouse is hanging in the district clerk's office in the current courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, September, 2007
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