Milam County Courthouse - December 26, 2018
Visit the 1892 Milam County Courthouse in Cameron, Texas
County named for Ben Milam, who died for Texas' Independence
It replaced a 1875 brick structure with a cupola & weather vane
Renaissance Revival design made of cream-colored limestone
The western Central Avenue side has the wheel chair entrance
All four entrances have unaccessible balconies above
Mrs. Trigg used complex math to master tomato and teach canning
Clocktower and new Justice statue were replaced by 2001
Northside view from 1st Street with flags at halfmast for President Bush
Milam County's flag has the county seal and the year it was created
Memorial to Milam County residents who gave their lives for their country
Square Corinthian columns rise from the heavily rusticated base
Cornerstone placed on the 4th of July, 1891
Southeastern corner has the bell from the earlier courthouse
The city of Cameron became the county seat in 1846
670 men faced tremondous odds . . . God and time were against them
Tower bell with half staff flags and rusticated base in the background
Statue of Ben Milam sits in the SW corner of the courthouse square
He helped capture Goliad but was killed during the seige of Bexar, 1835
Born in Kentucky, soldier in the War of 1812 & Texas empresario
Who will follow old Ben Milam into San Antonio?
Milam rallied the troops when others wanted to winter quarter
The original Goddess of Justice was put in storage in 1938 & lost
Lightning rods ward of pigeons on a soon to be stormy day
Across from the southeast courthouse corner is the county jail
1895 Romanesque Revival style built with St. Louis pressed bricks
Built with a hanging tower with trap door inside but never used
The first Tomato Club started here was the forerunner of 4-H clubs
1st floor w/10 rooms served as a residence for the sheriff & family
2nd & 3rd stories consisted of cell blocks for prisoners
Railroad tracks southeast of the old county prison building
New county jail was built in 1975 & this opened as a museum in 1978
The Milam County Jail Museum was restored again in 1988
Memorial to Milam County Sheriffs on the county jail grounds
Thirty nine sheriffs listed serving from 1837 to 1995 and on
The 1892 Milam County Courthouse from Main & Fannin Streets