Details for Shelby County Courthouse
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5419007695
Data
| Marker Number | 7695 |
| Atlas Number | 5419007695 |
| Marker Title | Shelby County Courthouse |
| Index Entry | Shelby County Courthouse |
| Address | Austin and Logansport |
| City | Center |
| County | Shelby |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 388139 |
| UTM Northing | 3518376 |
| Subject Codes | courthouses |
| Marker Year | 1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | Built to resemble Irish castle (1883-1885) by architect J. J. E. Gibson, from Ireland. Style is, in part, "Romanesque revival." In 1866 county records were held at this site after being secretly taken from Shelbyville by R. L. Parker and Sam Weaver following a contested election naming Center as county seat. The noted land dispute case of heirs of Sydney O. Penington, signer of Texas Declaration of Independence, was tried here, 1896. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969 |