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Upshur County Courthouse
Gilmer, Texas |
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1933 Architect - Elmer G. Withers Photos: Robert Deering 7/28/2007 |
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 1889 Courthouse |
COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1848
COUNTY NAMED FOR: Abel Packer Upshur, the secretary of state under President John Tyler.
COUNTY SEATS: One - Gilmer
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Thomas W. Gilmer, who died during the test firing of a new cannon on the USS Princeton on February 28, 1844. The same explosion also killed United States secretary of state Abel P. Upshur.
COURTHOUSES: Five - 1846, 1848, 1871, 1889, 1933.
STANDING: One - 1933 Modern courthouse built of brick.
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 1933 Courthouse Texas DoT Photo 1939 |
 1933 Courthouse Photo: Robert Deering 1974 |