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Sherman County
Courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson , March 2008 |
Date - 1922
Architect - Parker & Rittenberry
Style - Texas Renaissance
Material - Concrete and brick
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
On the square at the corner of North Third and Fulton Streets
"The jail cells from the original jail in the first county seat
of Coldwater were
installed in the third floor of this courthouse and used until 1972."
- Terry
Jeanson |
The Sherman County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
West view of
the Sherman County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson , March 2008 |
East view of
the Sherman County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson , March 2008 |
Sherman County
Courthouse entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson , March 2008 |
Stone crest over
the courthouse entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson , March 2008 |
| "This two-story
wood courthouse was built in Stratford in 1901 after the county seat
had been moved there from Coldwater.
The architect was H.W. White and the contractors were O.W. Coffee
and W.H. Farmer. It burned in 1922. The current courthouse sits on
the same grounds." - Terry
Jeanson |
1901 Sherman
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Ann Wells |
| "This photo,
taken in 1904, shows the Sherman County courthouse in the first county
seat of Coldwater.
Completed in August of 1890, it was built of rock and was 22' x 33'.
The builder, J.M. Turner, is at the far right in this picture. The
courthouse was used by the Baptist Church after the county seat was
moved to Stratford in1901." - Terry
Jeanson |
1889 Sherman
County Courthouse in Coldwater
Photo courtesy Ann Wells |
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