Lee County Courthouse (Texas)

Lee County Courthouse
Lee County Courthouse in 2014
Lee County Courthouse is located in Texas
Lee County Courthouse
Lee County Courthouse
Lee County Courthouse is located in the United States
Lee County Courthouse
Lee County Courthouse
Location Bounded by Hempstead, Grimes, E. Richmond, and Main Sts., Giddings, Texas
Coordinates 30°10′53″N 96°56′14″W
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1898-1899
Built by Sonnefield, Emmins and Abright
Architect J. Riely Gordon
Architectural style Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 75001998
TSAL No. 8200000432
RTHL No. 8166
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 30, 1975
Designated TSAL January 1, 1981
Designated RTHL 1968

The Lee County Courthouse is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark, is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The first Lee County Courthouse was built in 1878 in Second Empire style, but was destroyed by fire in 1897. The new courthouse, built in 1898, was designed by architect J. Riely Gordon in Richardsonian Romanesque style.

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