Aerial view of Palestine looking west from the courthouse, down Avenue A toward Spring Street.

Photograph of the Alvie Gibson Sinclair Station in Palestine, Texas.

Photograph of the Anderson County Campground (commonly called the Brushy Creek Arbor), a historic site in Anderson County, Texas. It is an open structure with wooden posts and fencing and a wood and metal roof. The area is surrounded by trees.

Photograph of a man wearing a suit, speaking into a microphone on the steps of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. There are people seated on the steps and standing on the ground watching. Part of the building's Classical Revival-style architecture is visible in the upper part of the image.

Photograph of the southwest corner of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof and there are awnings on all of the windows.

Photograph of the west side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas, taken at night. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof.

Photograph of the south side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas, taken from the corner of N. Perry and E. Crawford streets. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof.

Photograph of the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, Texas. A statue can be seen atop the courthouse's dome.

Photograph of the east side of the Anderson County courthouse in Palestine, Texas. The courthouse is located on a hill east of where the town expanded later around the railroad center.

Photograph of the Anderson County courthouse in east Palestine, Texas. The courthouse is of the Classic Revival style, built in 1914. The view is of the east side of the courthouse.

Photograph of the upper east entrance to the Anderson County courthouse, a Classic Revival style courthouse.

Photograph of the east entrance to the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas. The courthouse is in the Classic Revival style.

Photograph of the upper right, north, corner of the east entrance to the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas.

Photograph of upper, second story level, of the Classic Revival detail of the east entrance to the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas.

Photograph of upper column detail of the Classic Revival style Anderson county courthouse in Palestine Texas. The photograph shows the upper front corner of the east entrance.

Photograph of a metal courthouse bench in the basement of the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas.

Photograph of district courtroom on the second floor of the Classic Revival style Anderson County courthouse in Palestine, Texas. Globular light fixtures hang from the arched ceiling over the rows between long wooden benches.

Aerial photograph of the south and west sides of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front and there is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof. Buildings and parking lots on the nearby lots to the north and east of the building are visible in the background.

Photograph of the west side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas, taken at night. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof.

Photograph of Anderson County Courthouse located at N Church in Palestine, Texas.

Photograph of the circular stairs, from the third floor to the basement, in the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas. The bottom floor has a painting of a map of Texas surrounded by images of men and wildlife.

Photograph of the west end of the district courtroom in the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas. Photograph covers the west wall of the court room. Chairs sit around a table to the left next to a miked lectern. In the background, the judge's bench lies in front of a seal covered by an arch and flanked by U. S. and Texas flags.

Photograph of Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, TX. A paved road divided by a white line runs across the bottom of the photo and is separated from the courthouse's lawn by a sidewalk. A white car is parked in front of the sidewalk, towards the center of the photo. To the left of the car, in the courthouse's lawn, grows a leafless tree. The courthouse itself is made of red bricks and white stone, constructed in a rectangular shape with a flat roof lined with railing and a shiny, gold dome in the roof's center. The courthouse faces the right side of the photo and has an entrance shadowed by a rectangular overhang supported by brick columns. A short set of stairs leads up to the building's doors from the lawn. A row of windows runs along each side of the building's first floor. On top of the overhang sit many white columns that extend from the bottom of the second floor to the top of the third floor to hold up a large white triangular pediment. Two rows of windows, one each for the second and third floors, span the width of each of the courthouse's sides, all spaced …

Photograph of the second floor north-south hallway in the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas. Decor includes marble wainscoting is on walls, marble floors, wood top rails and metal grill work around stairs opening, bracketed passage openings, and globular light fixtures. Portraits adorn the nearby walls.