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The oldest continuous site still inhabited by a county courthouse is in Liberty County, where its courthouse has stood—although rebuilt—since 1831. [15] In 1971 and 1972, two Texas Courthouse Acts were passed, which require the county to notify the Texas Historical Commission (THC) of any plans to remodel or destroy historic courthouses. [16]
The Harris County Courthouse of 1910 is one of the courthouse buildings operated by the Harris County, Texas government, in Downtown Houston. It is in the Classical Revival architectural style and has six stories. Two courtrooms inside are two stories each. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1981. [3]
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Texas.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Courthouse City Image Street address Jurisdiction [1] First used Last used Notes Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse †: Anniston: 1129 Noble Street N.D. Ala.
1910 Harris County Courthouse, Houston, Texas This page was last edited on 27 ...
TX: 1863–1924 1917–1924 — — Wilson: death 6 Charles Albert Boynton: TX: 1867–1954 1924–1947 — 1947–1954 Coolidge: death 7 Robert Johnston McMillan: TX: 1885–1941 1932–1941 — — Hoover: death 8 Walter Angus Keeling: TX: 1873–1945 1942–1945 — — F. Roosevelt: death 9 Ben Herbert Rice Jr. TX: 1889–1964 1945–1964 ...
Federal Courthouse in Galveston that housed the Eastern District court from 1891–1902, when the Southern District of Texas was created. [ 3 ] 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 .
On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split again, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to the new code 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8 . Generally, most of Houston and most of the suburbs inside the beltway kept 713, while 281 served the area outside the beltway. 713 was retained by all existing cellphone customers in ...