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Built 1893. Late Victorian style. Native limestone construction. County was organized in 1875 and named for General Alexander Somervell (1796-1854), Texas soldier, colonist, and statesman. Court was first held in an old store across road from Barnard's Mill. A log cabin (1 block w) was used later. Third courthouse (first on this site) was finished in 1882 but burned in 1893, along with many valuable records. Present structure has a fireproof vault.
Somervell County Courthouse is a historical marker in Glen Rose, Somervell County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Somervell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 42 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.2351, -97.7557 near Glen Rose. The nearest cataloged historic site is Somervell County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Veterans of the Confederacy, Spanish American War, World War I and II, Somervell County, and Somervell County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5425004978. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Somervell County Courthouse” names 3 distinct records in Somervell County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1963 in Glen Rose. The others:
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