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Corsicana is a city in and the county seat of Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45 , 50 miles southeast of Dallas . Its population was 25,109 at the 2020 census .
Temple Beth-El is an historic Reform Jewish former synagogue located at 208 South 15th Street in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, in the United States.Operating as a synagogue between 1898 and 1980, the exotic Moorish Revival-style building has been used as a community center since 1990.
Navarro County (/ n ə ˈ v ær oʊ / nə-VARR-oh) [1] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,624. [2] Its county seat is Corsicana. [3] The county is named for José Antonio Navarro, a Tejano leader in the Texas Revolution who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.
The Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas. The bakery was founded in 1896 by August Wiederman, an immigrant from Wiesbaden, Germany. [2] With the help of local entrepreneur Tom McElwee, the bakery soon outgrew its original building, and required a new one in which the second floor was turned into a hotel.
Originally founded in 1887 as the Texas Orphan Asylum by a bill in the Texas legislature.The Corsicana Residential Treatment Center or the Corsicana State Home was a juvenile correctional facility in Corsicana, Texas.
The Navarro County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Corsicana, Texas, U.S.. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style by architect James E. Flanders, and completed in 1905 for $128,000. [2] [3] A "four-sided clock was added to the tower in 1923." [3] It was "partially restored" in 2013. [4]
Navarro statue at the Navarro County Courthouse in Corsicana, Texas Inscription on base of statue depicts Navarro as a "Lover of Liberty" and a "Foe of Despotism.". José Antonio Navarro (February 27, 1795 – January 13, 1871) was a Texas statesman, revolutionary, rancher, and merchant.
The Pearce Western Art Collection began when Charles and Peggy Pearce decided to find a permanent home for their growing collection of Western Art. In 1998, they placed about 30 paintings and bronzes in the care of Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. The benefactors continue to donate new works to the collection.