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The Present
Sabine County Courthouse
- Hemphill, Texas
Date - 1906
Built in the Beaux-Arts style, a fire in 1909 destroyed the building's
dome and clock tower and they were never replaced.
Architect of the original building - A. N. Dawson.
Location - State Hwy 87
Sabine
County Courthouse Historical Marker ›
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Sabine County Courthouse
as it appeared in 1940
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Sabine
County Courthouse Historical Marker
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Historical marker
affixed to the east side of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Historical Marker
Text
Sabine County
Courthouse
An 1858 election
called for Sabine County
offices to be moved from Milam (7 mi.
N) to this more central location. The new county seat, Hemphill,
was named for former Texas Supreme Court Justice John Hemphill. The
first courthouse at this site burned in 1875 and was replaced by a
larger frame structure. The present building was started in 1906 by
N. A. Dawson under the direction of James Barney Lewis. The two two
floors were rebuilt following a fire in 1909 and a remodeling of the
structure was completed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration. |
| "Milam
served as the seat of local government in Sabine
County until 1858, when voters decided to move the courthouse
to a more central location. E.P. Beddoe drew the assignment of finding
the right spot and platting a town there. They named it Hemphill
in honor of John Hemphill, former chief justice of the Supreme Court
of the Republic of Texas and of the State of Texas." - by Archie
P. McDonald, PhD |
County seal at
the front entrance inside the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
District Courtroom
on the third floor
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Another view
of the 1906 Sabine County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
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