Marker Inscription
Single story building constructed of steel, glass and limestone panels in the Modern style. The building features a very deep overhang.
Courthouse
Morris County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
About this site
Morris County Courthouse is a courthouse in Daingerfield, Morris County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 25 historic sites cataloged in Morris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 33.0356, -94.7266 near Daingerfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thompson, James (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chapel Hill College, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Johnson, Rev. Nathan S..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302002491. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Morris County was organized in 1875 with Daingerfield as its seat, and its historic Old Morris County Courthouse was completed in 1882 to plans by the firm Peterson & Stuckey, its contract calling for a building identical to nearby Franklin County's now-demolished courthouse. Built in a plain Classical Revival manner, it was the county's first permanent hall of government and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. A modern courthouse replaced it in the early 1970s, and the old building later became the Morris County Museum.
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Nearby in Morris County
Historical Marker
Thompson, James
Daingerfield · 1976
Historical Marker
Chapel Hill College
Daingerfield · 1966
Historical Marker
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Daingerfield · 1991
Historical Marker
Johnson, Rev. Nathan S.
Daingerfield · 1985
Historical Marker
Daingerfield, C.S.A.
Daingerfield · 1964
Historical Marker
Morris County
Daingerfield · 1964
Historical Marker
Hussey & Logan's Mill and Gin Factory
Daingerfield · 1965
Historic Place
Old Morris County Courthouse
Daingerfield · 1979