Rusk County Courthouse
Henderson, Texas
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1928
Architect - Curtis and Thomas & A. C. Gentry
Photos: Robert Deering 8/30/2001
 
 

1874 Courthouse
Architect - F. E. Ruffini
 
 
 
 
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1843

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who had been secretary of war under President Sam Houston

COUNTY SEATS: One - Henderson

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: James Pinckney Henderson, statesman, soldier, and first governor of the state of Texas.

COURTHOUSES: Four - 1845, 1854, 1874, 1928.

STANDING: One -1928 Texas Renaissance style courthouse.




1928 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939

ADDRESS: 115 N Main St, Henderson, Texas