Hamilton County Courthouse

Hamilton, Texas

Completed - 1886
Architect - Mason, Martin, Byrne, & Johnston

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1856

COUNTY NAMED FOR:  James Hamilton, a South Carolina governor who invested some $216,000 in gold to finance the Texas struggle for independence from Mexico.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Hamilton.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Same as county

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1869, 1878, and 1886

STANDING: One -The 1886 courthouse, originally designed as a Second Empire limestone building. E. M. Mills remodeled the structure in 1931 into a Classical Revival style.

LINKS: Hamilton County