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The 1911 San
Saba County Courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
The
Present San Saba County Courthouse
- San Saba, Texas
Date - 1911
Architect - Chamberlin & Co.
Material - Brick and sandstone
Location - US 190 and Live Oak St.
This 1911 is in the style known as Texas Renaissance. In fact, the
Late Williard Robinson, called it the archetype of the style – according
to Courthouses of Texas by Mavis Kelsey and Donald H. Dyal.
Photographer's Note:
"The courthouse in San Saba
is one of the few courthouses in Texas with a statement ("From
the people to the people") carved over its entrances. The architect
of this courthouse, Walter Chamberlain, also designed the Deaf
Smith County courthouse in Hereford
which was built in 1910." - Terry
Jeanson
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San
Saba County Courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
Historical Marker:
500 E. Wallace St., San Saba, Texas
San Saba
County Courthouse
In
1856, the Texas Legislature created and organized San
Saba County. A two-story frame courthouse (1857-1878) and later
a stone courthouse (1878-1910) on this site served the county and
provided space for public gatherings. In 1910, the City of San Saba
incorporated, and county residents, spurred by news of a railroad
connection, authorized a new courthouse. Alabama architect Walter
Chamberlain designed this Classical Revival building, faced in pressed
brick and rusticated sandstone. Completed by the time of the first
train's arrival in August 1911, it serves as the seat of justice "from
the people to the people."
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2004 |
San Saba County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
San
Saba County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
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