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HARRIS
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Houston, TexasCounty
Seat - Houston, Texas
Harris County has had 5 courthouses:
1838, 1851, 1883,
1910 and the 1953
courthouse.
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The present
Harris County Courthouse, circa 1953 |
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1953 Harris County Courthouse
Postcard courtesy THC |
Style - Modern
Material - Marble and granite |
The 1910 Harris
County Courthouse |
Architect
- Lang, Winchell & Barglebaugh
Style - Beaux-Arts
Material - Granite
and brick
National Register Property
The former Harris County Courthouse
is still in use for Harris County Civil Courts. On Preston and Caroline Streets
downtown.
One postcard caption for the 1910 building states: "The
Largest Courthouse in the State of Texas." The figure that once stood atop
the building disappeared sometime before 1939. |
Courthouse View during
Main Street Construction
Photo by John Troesser 2002 |
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1910 Harris County Courthouse as it appeared in 1955
Photo courtesy
THC |
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The
1910 Harris County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy
TXDoT |
| | Postcard
dated 1921
TE Postcard Archives |
| | Another
postcard of the 1910 courthouse
TE Postcard Archives |
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detail repeated above many entrances
Photo by John Troesser 6-01 |
The 1883 Harris
County Courthouse |
| | The
1883 Harris County Courthouse
Courtesy THC |
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