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Old
Helena Courthouse / Schoolhouse in 1967
Photo
from Karnes County Museum Collection
Courtesy William
Beauchamp, April 2012 |
The
1873 courthouse / Helena schoolhouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2012 |
Historical
Marker Text Old
Helena Courthouse Soon
after Karnes County was created and organized in 1854, a frame and clapboard courthouse
was erected at this site in the center of Jefferson Square. This rock structure
was built in 1873 to replace the first courthouse and adjacent county clerk's
office, which had been destroyed by a storm and fire following the Civil War (1861-65).
After county seat was moved to Karnes
City in 1894, building was used as a school
until 1945. |
Northeast
corner of the 1873 courthouse/Schoolhouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2012 |
"After
county seat was moved to Karnes
City in 1894,
building was used as a school until 1945."
Early
1900s photo
courtesy William
Beauchamp |
More
Helena courthouse/school class photo
Early
1900s photo courtesy William
Beauchamp |
Upstairs
courtroom / schoolroom
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2012 | |
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