Hays County Courthouse
San Marcos, Texas
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1908
 Architect - C. H. Page & Brother
Photos: Robert Deering 9/13/2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1848

COUNTY NAMED FOR: John Coffee Hays, a famous Texas Ranger.

COUNTY SEATS: One - San Marco.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: San Marcos is the abbreviated version of Villa de San Marcos de Neve, a name first given to the river by an early Spanish expedition.

COURTHOUSES: Four - 1861, 1869, 1882, and 1908.

STANDING: One -1908 Beaux-Arts style courthouse built of brick and limestone. .

Photo: Robert Deering 11/5/2019

1908 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939		  
1908 Courthouse
Photo: Robert Deering 1974
NOTE: This building is very similar to the Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, also by C. H. Page & Brother

ADDRESS: 111 E San Antonio St, San Marcos, Texas