Rusk County Courthouse

Henderson, Texas



Photo: Robert Deering 8/30/2001

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Completed - 1928
Architect - Curtis and Thomas & A. C. Gentry


COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1843

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who had been secretary of war under President Sam Houston

COUNTY SEATS: One - Henderson

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: James Pinckney Henderson, statesman, soldier, and first governor of the state of Texas.

COURTHOUSES: Four - 1845, 1854, 1878, 1928.

STANDING: One -1928 Texas Renaissance style courthouse.

LINKS: Rusk County