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HASKELL
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Haskell,
Texas
Haskell County
has had two courthouses:
1885 and 1891/92 (the present courthouse.) |
The
Haskell County courthouse from the northeast corner facing First Street.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
Haskell
County Courthouse
Date - 1891/92,
remodeled in 1906 and again in 1931
Architect - Larmour & Watson, Austin & Butler Co. (1931 Additions)
Style - Italian Renaissance (altered)
Material - Limestone
According to the THC Atlas at http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/shell-county.htm
, "the building was remodeled in 1906 and 1931. The original section
of the courthouse is in the center. Large symmetrical wings were added
on both the east and west. The roof and large clock tower were removed."
- Terry
Jeanson, July 03, 2008 |
| "A
print of an oil painting titled "Early Haskell" by George Kovach.
It depicts the Haskell County courthouse in its original condition.
This picture is hanging, not in the county courthouse, but in the
Dairy Queen east of the square." - Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
| The
Haskell County courthouse "before the roof and tower were removed
and the east and west wings were added in 1931. This picture is currently
hanging in their district courtroom" - Terry
Jeanson, May 01, 2006 |
Haskell County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Haskell
County Courthouse in 2002
Photo courtesy Jack Williams |
Southwest
view of the Haskell County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2006 |
South
view of the Haskell County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
Haskell
County courthouse cornerstone
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
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