Hall County Courthouse
by Joan Carroll
Title
Hall County Courthouse
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
The courthouses I visited in the panhandle of Texas were distinctly different than many of the ones you see in north central Texas. Hall County Courthouse in Memphis, Texas is no different. It is a historic courthouse built in 1923. The four story, red brick building is a Classical Revival design with Beaux Arts influences. Some websites call it a Texas Renaissance style. Each facade of the building features a two story loggia with paired Corinthian columns. Similar to other local courthouses, it has much less adornment than courthouses built in the late 19th century. The present structure is the third of Hall County's courthouses, the others were built in 1890 and 1892. The 1892 building was quite grand but by 1920, it was unfortunately deemed unsafe. The current courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2008. Hall County was named for a North Carolina lawyer, Warren D.C. Hall, who relocated to the Lone Star State and served as secretary of war in the Republic. FUN FACT: The county seat of Memphis was actually labeled by accident when mail that was supposed to go to Memphis, Tenn., was addressed to Memphis, Texas by mistake!
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July 17th, 2015
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