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Site of the First Courthouse

Corsicana, Navarro County

Marker Text

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 fist 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. (1976)

Marker Details

Address 223 W. 1st Ave.
Location Description Navarro County Office of Emergency Management, SE corner W. 1st Ave. and N. 12th St.
Marker # 7195
Dedicated 1976
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code courthouses
Latitude, Longitude 32.096942, -96.4687

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