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Hamilton County Courthouse
Hamilton, Texas |
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1886 Architect - Mason, Martin, Byrne, & Johnston Photos: Robert Deering 9/2/2013 |
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1856
COUNTY NAMED FOR: James Hamilton, a South Carolina governor who invested some $216,000 in gold to finance the Texas struggle for independence from Mexico.
COUNTY SEATS: One - Hamilton.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Same as county
COURTHOUSES: Three - 1869, 1878, and 1886
STANDING: One -The 1886 courthouse, originally designed as a Second Empire limestone building. E. M. Mills remodeled the structure in 1931 into a Classical Revival style.
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 1886 Courthouse Before Modifications |
 1886 Courthouse After 1931 Remodel Texas DoT Photo 1939 |
 1886 Courthouse Photo: Robert Deering 1974 |
ADDRESS: 102 N Rice St, Hamilton, Texas
| 1938 Hamilton County Jail Now Serves as the Hamilton County Historical Society |
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