Jasper County Office Building – Jasper TX

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.

Location Info


121 N Austin St.
Jasper, Texas 75951
Jasper County

Location notes: Courthouse Square

Coordinates: 30.9212951, -93.999842

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