Camp County Courthouse

Pittsburg, Texas



Photo: Robert Deering 8/29/2001

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Completed - 1928
Architect - Smith & Praeger


COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1874

COUNTY NAMED FOR: John Lafayette Camp, who was serving as state senator from Upshur County and presented the petitions that led to establish the new county from a portion of Upshur County.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Pittsburg

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR:  The family of William Harrison Pitts, settlers in the area from Georgia.

COURTHOUSES: Two - 187? and 1928

STANDING: 1928 Texas Renaissance structure with Classical Revival elements.

LINKS: Camp County