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Anderson County Courthouse Palestine, Texas |
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 Photo: Robert Deering 8/31/2001 |
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Completed - 1914
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Anderson County Courthouse Palestine, Texas |
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Completed - 1914
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1846 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Kenneth Lewis Anderson, vice-president of Texas from 1844 to annexation. COUNTY SEATS: Two - Houston and Palestine COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Palestine, Illinois. COURTHOUSES: Four - 1847, 1856, 1886, & 1914 STANDING: One - 1914 brick courthouse in Renaissance Revival style. The 1886 courthouse, designed by Dodson & Dudley, was allegedly burned to destroy incriminating documents. The 1914 courthouse was remodeled in the 1980s. LINKS: Anderson County - Palestine, Texas Web Site |
