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Houston County Courthouse: Crockett, Houston County: 1939 built 2000 RTHL [290] Howard County Courthouse: Big Spring, Howard County: 1953 built Hudspeth County Courthouse: Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County: 1920 built 1962 RTHL [291] Hunt County Courthouse: Greenville, Hunt County: 1929 built 1994 RTHL [292] Hutchinson County Courthouse: Stinnett ...
U.S. Court House & Post Office: Paris: Northeast corner of Church St. & Lamar Ave. E.D. Tex. 1902–1916 Destroyed by fire in 1916. n/a U.S. Post Office & Court House: Paris: 231 Lamar Avenue: E.D. Tex. 1925–2002 Building now owned by Lamar County. n/a U.S. Post Office and Courthouse: Pecos: 106 West 4th Street: W.D. Tex. 1936–1995 Still in ...
The oldest federal civil building in Texas, the 1861 Customs and Courthouse in Galveston, once housed the Southern District of Texas. Federal Courthouse in Galveston that housed the court & its predecessor, from 1891–1917 [2] Since its foundation, the Southern District of Texas has been served by forty-one District Judges and six Clerks of Court.
The Sweeney, Coombs and Fredericks Building shares a 75-year ground lease from Harris County and adjacent to the historic Pillot Building. [4] The building lies within the boundaries of Houston's Main Street/Market Square Historic District. Market Square, the namesake for the historic district, is just one block away on Congress Street. [2]
At the time of its opening the Texas district courts number 11, 55, and 61 moved into the courthouse. [4] In 1930 the cupola was removed. There were previously stairs made of granite that connected the second floor with the ground, but they were removed in 1950. [2] The courthouse received a modernization in 1953 which updated the interior.
After Robertson County's organization in 1838, the county seat moved several times. Planning for the new courthouse-jail complex in Franklin began after the 1879 general election concluded the county seat would move there from Calvert. As planned by Austin architect Frederick Ernst Ruffini, the site was to be on the main public square. The jail ...
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
It is used as a courthouse by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. [2] The courthouse was renamed in 1994 to honor state representative and district judge Sam B. Hall Jr. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]