Marker Inscription
Architecture
Historic Place
Lee County Courthouse (1975)
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About this site
Lee County Courthouse is a historic place in Giddings, Lee County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 2 historic places documented in Lee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1814, -96.9371 near Giddings. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lee County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lee County Courthouse, Lee County, and County Named for Beloved Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2075001998. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Lee County Courthouse in Giddings was designed by prominent San Antonio architect J. Riely Gordon and completed in 1899 in his signature Richardsonian Romanesque style. It replaced an 1878 Second Empire courthouse that burned in 1897, and it was built by the San Antonio firm of Sonnefield, Emmins and Albright. It remains a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and a National Register-listed building.
Also at or near Giddings, Lee County
“Lee County Courthouse” names 3 distinct records in Lee County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1975 in Giddings. The others:
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