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Lamar
County Courthouse
County Seat - Paris,
Texas Lamar
County has had six courthouses:
1841, 1844 (the first in Paris),
1847, 1873, 1897 and
1917. Paris
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| An
interior and exterior restoration of the 1917 Lamar County courthouse was completed
in 2005. - Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 photo |
The
Present Lamar County Courthouse
Date: 1917
Architect: Barry & Smith and Sanguinet & Staats
Style:
Classical Revival with Romanesque detail
Material: Built from marble and granite
cleaned from the burned 1897 courthouse, the pink granite is from the same quarry
as the State Capital.
More history |
Triple
arched entrance facing Main Street (BUS 271.)
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
| | Lamppost
with open-winged eagles at its base over the Houston street entrance.
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 | |
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Lamar
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
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- Lamar County Courthouse
R - Lamar County Courthouse before the 1916 fire
Old postcards |
The
1897 Lamar County Courthouse |
| This
photo of the 1897 Lamar County courthouse hangs in a display case on the fourth
floor of the current courthouse. The fourth floor jail in the courthouse was vacated
in 1993 and converted into office space. Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
Photographer's
Note:
Although Kelsey's book lists the previous courthouse as 1896, the
historical marker in front of the courthouse says 1897. |
| | A
tin-type of Lamar County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Mark Armstrong |
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