BOWIE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

County Seat - Boston, Texas
Bowie County

Bowie County has had four courthouses:
1985 - in New Boston
1891 - Boston (Burned 8-12-1989) Third / Present County Seat
1887 - Texarkana (Burned 1-21-1889) Second County Seat
1841 - Old Boston First county seat

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Bowie County 1936 Texas Centennial Marker

The 1985 Bowie County courthouse in New Boston
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009
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The Present Bowie County Courthouse
in New Boston, Texas

County Seat - Boston
Date - 1985
Architect - Thomas and Embeton Associates, Texarkana.
Style - Modern
Material - Concrete and brick
Location - US 30 at the SH 8 intersection

Another vier of the 1985 Bowie County courthouse
Photo courtey Terry Jeanson, December 2006

The 1891 Bowie County Courthouse
- Boston, Texas

The 1891 courthouse was vacated after construction of the new courthouse and was burned by an arsonist in 1989.

Boston Texas, Old Bowie County Courthouse, burned by arson

The 1891 Bowie County Courthouse
1939 photo courtesy TXDoT

The Courthouse Square in Boston
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2006

The old courthouse square in Boston, where the 1891 courthouse used to stand, has been turned into a park. Notice the old jail on the right. The raised walls to the right of the garzebo mark the foundation of the burned courthouse.

Old Bowie County Jail
- Boston, Texas

The 1891 Bowie County jail was used until 1984. It still stands on the southeast corner of the old courthouse square in Boston.

Bowie County Old Jail in Boston
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2006
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Photos and Research by Terry Jeanson

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