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Chambers County Courthouse
Anahuac, Texas |
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1936 Architect - Corneil G. Curtis Photos: Robert Deering 11/14/2013 |
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 1911 Courthouse in Anahuac Architet - F. W. Steinman Photo: Wallisville Herigate Park |
 1886 Courthouse in Wallisville Photo: Wallisville Heritage Park |
COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1858
COUNTY NAMED FOR: The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Chambers, the only superior judge of Texas before the revolution.
COUNTY SEATS: Two - Wallisville and Anahuac.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Gen. Manuel de Mier y Terán, commanding officer of the Mexican states of Coahuila and Texas, officially named the town Anahuac in January 1831, after the ancient capital of the Aztecs.
COURTHOUSES: Four - Wallisville in 1858 and 1886; Anahuac in 1911, and 1936
STANDING: One - 1936 Modern courthouse constructed with the help of WPA funds.
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 1936 Courthouse in Anahuac Texas DoT Photo 1939 |
 1936 Courthouse Photo: Robert Deering 1974 |
