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Jim
Hogg County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
Date
- 1913
Architect - Henry T. Phelps
Style - Texas Renaissance
On Texas Hwy 16 and Tilley St.
Photographer's Note:
"The 1913 Jim Hogg County courthouse is the only courthouse the
county has ever had.
Designed by San Antonio
architect Henry T. Phelps, it was later remodeled in the Classical
Revival style, and covered with stucco." Terry
Jeanson |
Jim
Hogg County courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Courthouse
south entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
District
courtroom with its decorative metal pressed ceiling.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
"This photo
of county seat founder James R. Hebbron, donated by his granddaughters,
hangs in the downstairs hallway."
- Terry
Jeanson, July 2010 |
| "James R
Hebbron... was born in London, England in 1828 and spent much of his
time in the US in what became Salinas in California. However, he did
much to develop cattle ranching around Hebbronville
for a time. He finally died, aged 98, in 1926! He was my half great-uncle."
- Chris Hebbron, June 20, 2006 |
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