Lamar County Courthouse
Paris, Texas
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1917
Architect - Sanguinet & Statts and Barry & Smith
Photo: Robert Deering 6/16/2014
 
 
 
1896 Courthouse
Architect - Messer, Sanguinet, & Messer
 
 
 
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1841

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Mirabeau B. Lamar, the fourth president of the Republic of Texas.

COUNTY SEATS: Two - Layfayette and Paris.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Paris, France.

COURTHOUSES: Six - 1841 in Lafayette; 1844, 1847, 1873, 1896, and 1917 in Paris.

STANDING: One -1917 Classical Revival building with Romanesque features, and constructed of marble, and granite.


     
 
     
 


1917 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939

1917 Courthouse
Photo: Robert Deering 1974

RENOVATION: Complete - Rededication September 3, 2006

ADDRESS:  119 N Main St, Paris, TX 75460