The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Constructed of brick, steel and glass in the Modern style. The courthosue features full height bays of glass and steel with full height brick mullions and a four story brick wall with vertical brick coursing and aluminum lettering county sign.
Harrison County Courthouse is a courthouse in Marshall, Harrison County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 2 courthouses documented in Harrison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 270 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5447, -94.3685 near Marshall. The nearest cataloged historic site is Clark, Edward, Governor (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Greer, Elkanah, General, Starr, James Harper, and Arnot, Albert M..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302002878. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The old Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall was erected in 1900 to the Beaux-Arts and Renaissance Revival design of architect J. Riely Gordon, replacing a courthouse gutted by fire in 1899. Topped by a dome bearing eagles and a statue of Lady Justice, it is one of Marshall's signature landmarks and served county government until 1964, later housing the Harrison County Historical Museum. It was named a Texas Historic Landmark in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
“Harrison County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Harrison County. This page is the courthouse dedicated in 1964 in Marshall. The others:
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