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Bandera County Courthouse
Bandera, Texas |
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1891 Architect - B. F. Trester Photos: Robert Deering 9/15/2003 |
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 1881 Courthouse Photo: Robert Deering 9/15/2003 |
 1877 Courthouse Architect - Henry White Photo: Robert Deering 9/15/2003 |
COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1856
COUNTY NAMED FOR: Bandera is Spanish for "flag," and there are a number of colorful accounts as to how the county was named.
COUNTY SEATS: One - Bandera
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Same as county.
COURTHOUSES: Three - 1868, 1881, and 1891
STANDING: Three -
- 1868 courthouse built of limestone now houses a Justice of the Peace and other offices.
- 1881 structure is still used as a county building.
- 1891 Renaissance Revival courthouse also built of limestone.
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1891 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939
