- City:
- Jasper, TX
- Site Type:
- Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
A state historical marker on the courthouse square has text that reads that “The present courthouse, constructed of locally made red brick, was completed in 1889…. An adjacent office building was erected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1940 …” There is a WPA plaque by the east entrance with the dates 1938 – 1940.
Source notes
Texas Historic Sites Atlas
https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
Plaque on building
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on April 3, 2018.
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