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Edwards County Courthouse
Rocksprings, Texas |
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1891 Architect - Ben Davey & Bruno Schott Photos: Robert Deering 1/25/2004 |
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1883
COUNTY NAMED FOR: Hayden Edwards, one of the first American settlers of Nacogdoches.
COUNTY SEATS: Three - Bullhead (renamed Vance), Leakey (now in Real County), and Rock Springs (renamed Rocksprings).
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Natural springs bubbling forth from the rocks.
COURTHOUSES: Two - Leakey 1884; Rocksprings 1891
STANDING: One - 1891 Romanesque Revival courthouse built of stone.
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1891 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939
ADDRESS: 400 W Main St, Rocksprings, Texas
 1895 Edwards County Jail Built with a trap door in the floor of the second story that was used for hangings. |