Details for Grimes County Courthouse

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008585

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Marker Number 8585
Atlas Number 5185008585
Marker Title Grimes County Courthouse
Index Entry Grimes County Courthouse
Address
City Anderson
County Grimes
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 213358
UTM Northing 3376847
Subject Codes courthouses
Marker Year 1965
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location Courthouse, Anderson.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion and Plate
Marker Text Unique Victorian Texas public building. Third courthouse here. Site, in an 1824 land grant from Mexico, was donated 1850 by Henry Fanthorp, first permanent settler in county. Built 1891 of hand-molded brick with native stone trim. Vault is same one used in previous buildings; has twice withstood fires. Tried here in 1930s, a Clyde Barrow gang member vowed he'd see court in infernal regions. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965

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