Hamilton County Courthouse
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Marker Text: Before era of this impressive courthouse, Hamilton County's government was housed in stores, a rustic school, a former livery stable, a 2-story building with top floor especially designed for a courtroom, and briefly in a saloon. Fire razed two of the early, improvised courthouses. First permanent one, built 1878, also burned in 1886.
In those days, outlaws were so numerous that guards were hired to protect visiting judges. This 1887 structure of native limestone, quarried 2 miles east of Hamilton, remained unchanged until it was remodeled in 1931. (1968) Additional Plate: Historic Landmark - 2004. County Judge Fred Cox, Commissioners Jim Boatwright; Jon Bonner; Dickie Clary; and Mike Lewis. Historical Commission Chair Frank Spague
Marker No: 2347
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Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Texas Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Landmark
State Antiquities Landmark
Geographic: 31.704710, -98.123161
Location: Courthouse lawn, Hamilton (Junction of U.S. 281 and SH 36)
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