Jasper County Courthouse (Texas)

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Jasper County Courthouse
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Jasper County Courthouse in 2011
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Jasper County Courthouse
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Jasper County Courthouse
LocationPublic Sq., Jasper, Texas
Coordinates 30°55′17″N94°0′0″W / 30.92139°N 94.00000°W / 30.92139; -94.00000 Coordinates: 30°55′17″N94°0′0″W / 30.92139°N 94.00000°W / 30.92139; -94.00000
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
Architect Eugene T. Heiner
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 84001898 [1]
TSAL # 8200000391
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1984
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1992

The Jasper County Courthouse in Jasper, Texas is a building from 1889. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1984. [1] The courthouse was designed by Eugene T. Heiner in an Italianate style with clock tower. It was stuccoed and altered when additions were added in 1934 giving the building a Neoclassical look. The clock tower was removed in 1957. Another addition was built on in 1960. [2]

Jasper, Texas City in Texas

Jasper is a city and the county seat of Jasper County, Texas, in the United States. The population was 7,590 at the 2010 census, down from 8,247 at the 2000 census. Jasper is situated in the Deep East Texas subregion, about 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Houston. Jasper holds an annual Butterfly Festival the first Saturday in October to celebrate the migration of the monarch butterflies.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

Eugene T. Heiner American architect

Eugene Thomas Heiner was an American architect who designed numerous courthouses, county jails, and other public buildings in Texas. He was born in New York City, apprenticed in Chicago, and studied further in Germany.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Jasper County, Texas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jasper County, Texas.

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2013-11-02.
  2. "Jasper County Courthouse" Texas Historical Commission Atlas

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