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Tyler
County Courthouse
County Seat - Woodville, Texas
Tyler County has had three courthouses:
1891
1856
1840s
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The
1891 Tyler County Courthouse today.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
The Present Tyler
Couty Courthouse - Woodville, TexasDate
- 1891
Architect - T. S. Hodges
Style - Italianate
The courthouse
underwent drastic remodeling in the 1930s, with the tower and gabled roofs removed.
Town
Bluff was the original county seat |
Tyler
County Courthouse after remodeling
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ ~txgenweb//
postcards/Index.html |
Tyler County Courthouse
as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The
1891 Tyler county courthouse before remodeling, with the tower and gabled roofs
intact.
Photo courtesy THC. |
Painting
of the 1891 Tyler County courthouse in its original condition
Photo courtesy
Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
Photographer's
Note:
This painting of the 1891 Tyler County courthouse in its original
condition is hanging in the office of Tyler County Judge Jacques L. Blanchette.
It was painted by local artist Doretta Gilchrist. |
| This Xerox photo
of the 1891 Tyler County courthouse in its original condition was provided by
Audrey Pelly, administrative assistant to Judge Blanchette. The small building
on the left is the 1891 Tyler County jail designed by architect Eugene
T. Heiner. Audrey told me that they are in the process of applying for a grant
to get funding to restore the courthouse to its original condition, including
the reconstruction of the old jail (The 1891 jail was demolished during the courthouse's
remodeling in 1936.) She said they would find out whether or not they would be
getting the grant money by January 2008. | |
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