The old Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. Built in 1900, it is the signature landmark of Marshall and is frequently used to represent East Texas in travel literature
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It became a historical museum and government office building when a new county courthouse opened in 1964. The building, noted as being the location of the first sit-ins in Texas, was designed by J. Riely Gordon.
Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).
Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Date
2010 - 2020
Contributors
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Location
Marshall (Tex.), 32.54500, -94.36750
Source
Library of Congress
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