The Jasper County Courthouse in

Jasper, Texas Jasper is a Administrative divisions of Texas, city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Texas, Jasper County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,884 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, down from 7,590 at the 2010 Un ...

is a building from 1889. It was listed on the

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on September 6, 1984. The courthouse was designed by

Eugene T. Heiner Eugene Thomas Heiner (August 20, 1852 – 1901) was an American architect who designed numerous courthouses, county jails, and other public buildings in Texas. He was born in New York City, apprenticed in Chicago, and studied further in Germany. ...

in an

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style with clock tower. It was

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and ...

ed and altered when additions were added in 1934 giving the building a Neoclassical look. The clock tower was removed in 1957. Another addition was built on in 1960."Jasper County Courthouse" ''Texas Historical Commission Atlas''
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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Buildings and structures in Jasper County, Texas County courthouses in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Jasper County, Texas {{JasperCountyTX-NRHP-stub

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