Friday, April 13, 2012

4/9/12 Fayetteville


Fayetteville PRECINCT Courthouse - 1880.  
There were 2 other precinct courthouses in Fayette County, in addition to the county courthouse in La Grange.  One burned and the other is now a barn.  This is the only PRECINCT courthouse remaining in Texas - they were used for county business such as voting - but not for county archives or court.  The fact that there were no archives here is probably why it wasn't burned down years ago - most wood courthouses suffered arson at a young age in order to destroy records.  

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