FIRST Courthouse in Navarro County - Corsicana, TX
N 32° 05.819 W 096° 28.122
14S E 738876 N 3553991
A Texas Historical Marker stands at 223 W 1st Ave, Corsicana, TX, noting this as the site of the original Navarro County Courthouse -- a log cabin, as many were at the time -- back in 1848.
Waymark Code: WMWJFK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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The 1976 historical marker reads:
The Texas legislature specified that the seat of Navarro County should be called Corsicana; but the location was not secured until 1848, when this site was donated by David R. Mitchell, James C. Neill, and Thomas Smith. Other structures served briefly as quarters for county business; but the first actual courthouse was a log cabin erected here in 1848. The 15' by 17' building had the judge's stand in one corner and county clerk's table in another. A two story frame courthouse replaced the cabin in 1853.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1848
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