Courthouse

Hemphill County Courthouse

Canadian · Hemphill County · Dedicated 1909 · THC Atlas #4302000178

The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.

Marker Inscription

Constructed of red brick and cast stone in the Italianate style. The building features a central domed that sits over the entry.

About this site

Hemphill County Courthouse is a courthouse in Canadian, Hemphill County, dedicated in 1909. It is one of 33 historic sites cataloged in Hemphill County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.

The site sits at 35.9129, -100.3830 near Canadian. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hemphill County Jail (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hemphill, John, R. Dick Bussell, and W. C. T. U. Building.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000178. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Hemphill County Courthouse in Canadian was built in 1908-1909 at a cost of about $31,278 to a design by St. Louis architect Robert G. Kirsch Jr., with the firm of Gillcoat & Skinner as contractors. Built of red brick trimmed in white limestone in a Texas Renaissance style, it crowns a hilltop with a projecting central bay that rises into a tall, square clock tower topped by pedimented faces and a small dome. Hemphill County was organized in 1887 with Canadian as its seat.

Sources: courthouses.co sah-archipedia.org 254texascourthouses.net

📍 35.9129, -100.3830 · Canadian, Hemphill County

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First National Bank of Canadian