Lee County Courthouse (Texas)
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The Lee County Courthouse is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark, is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Lee County Courthouse | |
Location | Bounded by Hempstead, Grimes, E. Richmond, and Main Sts., Giddings, Texas |
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Coordinates | 30°10′53″N 96°56′14″W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1898 (1898)-1899 (1899) |
Built by | Sonnefield, Emmins and Abright |
Architect | J. Riely Gordon |
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 75001998[1] |
TSAL No. | 8200000432 |
RTHL No. | 8166 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 30, 1975 |
Designated TSAL | January 1, 1981 |
Designated RTHL | 1968 |
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The first Lee County Courthouse was built in 1878 in Second Empire style, but was destroyed by fire in 1897. The new courthouse, built in 1898, was designed by architect J. Riely Gordon in Richardsonian Romanesque style.[2]