I'm on my first courthouse road trip of 2012. Left Houston at noon today and drove north to Huntsville, then northeast to Groveton in Trinity County. The Trinity County courthouse restoration is complete! What a beautiful building it is. Here's a photograph taken today:
From Groveton I drove north and east through beautiful East Texas forests to Lufkin. I photographed the Angelina County courthouse for the second time and then headed north to Nacogdoches and east to Center, in Shelby County. I photographed the "new" Shelby County courthouse and turned north, to Carthage, in Panola County.
Panola County is my first county of 2012. It's number 130 on my list. The old courthouse, a copy of the one in neighboring Shelby County, is gone, leaving behind an empty, but beautifully landscaped, courthouse square. The current courthouse is a couple of blocks away. Here it is:
Panola County is my first county of 2012. It's number 130 on my list. The old courthouse, a copy of the one in neighboring Shelby County, is gone, leaving behind an empty, but beautifully landscaped, courthouse square. The current courthouse is a couple of blocks away. Here it is:
I ended the day in Harrison County (#131). The Harrison County courthouse in Marshall is one of the finest buildings in Texas! This J. Riely Gordon design is superb. A newer courthouse has taken its place but it is nothing compared to this one on the square in Marshall:
I'll visit several counties in East Texas before returning home tomorrow.
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