014 of 254 Lavaca County Courthouse, Hallettsville, Texas. County Population: 19,263
"The best time in Texas."
Lavaca County, Texas
"The community of Hallettsville has a proud history rooted in tradition, culture
and good 'ol Southern values! With a colorful and vibrant past ranging back to
the mid-1800's, Hallettsville is rich in German and Czech heritage, a heritage
that can be experienced to this day with Hallettsville's annual Kolache Fest,
and a history that can be relived through our museum, memorials, historical
markers and buildings and our quaint downtown square and courthouse."
-Halletsville Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture website.
More importantly, it is also the only place called Hallettsville in the world.
No offense La Grange, but film makers chose the town's historic Lavaca County Courthouse square to serve as backdrop for the city scenes in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," the 1982 musical starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
The county is named for the Lavaca River, by the way.
You'll find Hallettsville on Alt US90, halfway between Houston and San Antonio.
It's just a few miles east of Shiner, Texas. Don't miss the brewery tour!
I visited Lavaca County on June 9, 2009 and again on September 24, 2011.
and good 'ol Southern values! With a colorful and vibrant past ranging back to
the mid-1800's, Hallettsville is rich in German and Czech heritage, a heritage
that can be experienced to this day with Hallettsville's annual Kolache Fest,
and a history that can be relived through our museum, memorials, historical
markers and buildings and our quaint downtown square and courthouse."
-Halletsville Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture website.
More importantly, it is also the only place called Hallettsville in the world.
No offense La Grange, but film makers chose the town's historic Lavaca County Courthouse square to serve as backdrop for the city scenes in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," the 1982 musical starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
The county is named for the Lavaca River, by the way.
You'll find Hallettsville on Alt US90, halfway between Houston and San Antonio.
It's just a few miles east of Shiner, Texas. Don't miss the brewery tour!
I visited Lavaca County on June 9, 2009 and again on September 24, 2011.
Northwest Lavaca County, west of Moulton on Road 532
Lavaca County Courthouse 1899 Photo, circa 1939, courtsey of TXDOT.
"This building is a masterpiece of Romanesque Revival design by notable Texas architect, Eugene Heiner of Houston." THC website
"... strongly influenced by the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The raised three-story building is of limestone, cruciform in plan, with a hip roof and heavy towers with pyramidal roofs and dormers flanking the side arms." -From the National Register Listing This was the last courthouse designed by Heiner, who died in Houston in1901 at age 48. The Lavaca County Courthouse was restored and rededicated on September 11, 2010.  |
  City Hall is on the west side of the square. |
 The historic bandstand was restored in 2000 |
 The cornerstone: the plumber must have been very important! |
The south facade is the front of the building.
 The south facade. |
 Side view of the front porch. |
 The east facade. |
 The red window sashes and blinds are a nice touch. And they match the bandstand roof! |
 A recently restored commercial building on the west side of the square. |
 They're watching you... |
A ranch house on Road 532 in northwest Lavaca County
