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    Texas | Buildings | Courthouses

    SHACKELFORD COUNTY COURTHOUSE
    County Seat - Albany, Texas

    Shackelford County has had two courthouses:

    1875 and 1883
    Albany TX - 1883 Shackelford County Courthouse
    The 1883 Shackelford County Courthouse
    Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, January 2007

    The Present Shackelford County Courthouse
    - Albany, Texas

    Date - 1883
    Architect - J. E. Flanders
    Style - Second Empire
    Material - Native limestone
    Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
    Hwy 6 & Hwy180


    Photographer's Note:
    "The 1883 Shackelford County courthouse was the first courthouse restored under the Texas Historical Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program. It was rededicated on June 30, 2001. The architect, James Edward Flanders, designed eight or nine Second Empire style courthouses in Texas during the late 1800s, but the one in Shackelford County is the only one that remains." - Terry Jeanson
    Historical Marker Text

    Shackelford County Courthouse

    Built 1883-84 from plans by J. E. Flanders of Dallas, architect for several other 1880s Texas courthouses. Edgar Rye of Albany was construction superintendent. Kilted Scottish Masons erected the walls of stone quarried a few miles southwest of town. The foundations rest two feet deep on "natural concrete" (caliche). Budgeted at $27,000.00; final cost was $49,433.75. Clock tower was added at public's request.
    Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1962
    Albany TX - 1883 Shackelford County Courthouse Historical Marker
    Shackelford County courthouse historical marker
    Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, January 2007
    Albany TX - 1883 Shackelford County Courthouse Clock Tower
    "Detail of the courthouse's clock tower. Although it would add to the cost of the construction, county residents requested the addition of a clock tower to their courthouse."
    - Terry Jeanson
    Albany TX - 1883 Shackelford County Courthouse Interior
    "The main floor hallway exhibits much of the building's detailed woodwork." - Terry Jeanson
    Albany TX - 1883 Shackelford County Courthouse District Courtroom
    "The centrally located, two-story district courtroom on the second floor rises from the front to the rear, enabling the judge to see everyone in the courtroom." - Terry Jeanson
    Albany, Texas Shackelford County Courthouse
    Shackelford County Courthouse today
    Photo courtesy Lexie Nichols and Jordan Gibson, August 2007
    Shackelford County Courthouse, albany Texas old photo
    Shackelford County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
    Photo Courtesy TXDoT
    Shackelford County Courthouse, Albany, Texas
    Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2002
    Albany, Texas Shackelford County Courthouse
    More View of the courthouse
    Photo courtesy Steve Johnson, May 2007
    Shackelford County Courthouse, Albany, Texas old photo
    Another early view of the courthouse
    Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
    The 1875 Shackelford County Courthouse
    "Shackelford County was organized in 1874 and Albany beat out Fort Griffin for the county seat. County Sheriff H.C. Jacobs donated the land for the first county courthouse and in 1875, a 420' x 420' courthouse of picket construction was built in the middle of the courthouse square. In 1883, this building was removed from the square by restaurant owner Charles Hartfield and was used as a boarding house for the workers hired to construct the current courthouse. Courthouse offices were located in the Ballow-Keener building, a two-story stone building that stood on the northeast corner of the square, until the new courthouse was completed." - Terry Jeanson
    Source - Texas Historical Commission County Atlas - National Register of Historic Places at http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/shell-desig.htm

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