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Grimes County Courthouse
County Seat - Anderson, Texas

Date - 1893
Architect - F. S. Glover
Style - Italianate
Material - Brick and stone

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Grimes County courthouse, Anderson Texas
Grimes County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2002
Grimes County courthouse, Anderson Texas vintage photo

The courthouse as it appeared in 1939

Photo courtesy TXDoT
Grimes County courthouse, Anderson Texas
Grimes County Courthouse in a beautiful spring day

Photo courtesy Terry Williams, 2004
Its unusual architecture makes it one of the most visual pleasing courthouses in the state.

Restored in 2002 - the courthouse has withstood two fires and has hosted the trial of a Barrow-Parker gang member in the 1930s.
Grimes County courthouse, Anderson Texas


The courthouse in 2002

Photo by John Troesser

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