Lee County Courthouse
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E E C O U N T Y Marker No: 8166
Medallion & Plate
Texas Historic Landmark
State Antiquities Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Geographic: 30.181499, 96.936981
Location: Main Street, Giddings
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Marker Text: Designed by J. R. Gordon along lines similar to New York State Capitol and several buildings at Harvard University. Classified as Richardsonian Romanesque style, after the famous Louisiana-born architect Henry H. Richardson.
Built by Sonnefield, Emmins and Abright of San Antonio, 1899. Replaced first courthouse, which burned 1897. Located on crest of divide separating the Colorado and Brazos River basins. (1968) |