A log courthouse, Tyler’s first civic building

Name: A log courthouse, Tyler’s first civic building
Start: 1847

First1847, sources differ (see the note). Card 6 of 165.

Smith County built a log courthouse on the north side of the Tyler square in 1847, the town’s first civic building.

Another log courthouse replaced it that same year in the center of the square, and in 1852 a new, larger brick courthouse replaced that one.

Note

The state’s courthouse inventory lists log courthouses of 1846 and 1848 rather than two of 1847.

National Register Multiple Property Documentation Form: Historic and Architectural Resources of Tyler, Texas (Diane E. Williams, 2000; THC Atlas)atlas.thc.texas.govThe first civic building in Tyler, it was replaced by another log courthouse in the center of the square that same yearSmith County buih a log courthouse buih in 1847 on the north side of the square.
Handbook of Texas: Tyler, TXtshaonline.orgAnother log courthouse was built in 1847 on the center of the Tyler square; it was replaced in 1852, when a new, larger brick courthouse was constructed

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