Lee County Courthouse (Texas)

Lee County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Texas State Antiquities Landmark
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Lee County Courthouse in 2014
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Location	Bounded by Hempstead, Grimes, E. Richmond, and Main Sts., Giddings, Texas
Coordinates	30°10′53″N96°56′14″W / 30.18139°N 96.93722°W / 30.18139; -96.93722 (Lee County Courthouse)
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

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.

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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal
• Texas portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Lee County
• List of county courthouses in Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Joe R. Williams; Marie D. Landon (April 25, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lee County Courthouse" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018. With three photos from 1970.

External links

Media related to Lee County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons