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RECONSTRUCTION & RAILROADS (1866-1891) <br />Frederick Ernst <br />Ruffini designed the <br />third courthouse, <br />which was limestone, <br />in the Second <br />Empire Style similar <br />to Robertson and <br />Williamson counties. <br />■ <br />1 18 184 <br />Belvin Addition <br />subdivision platted. <br />41L ram. 1�., <br />188.3 Court House Postcard designed by Ruffini <br />(Courtesy of SMPL) <br />1893 Fish Hatchery Postcard <br />(Courtesy of SMPL) <br />1890 <br />Hays County and San <br />Marcos populations <br />increased to <br />11,352 and 2,335, <br />respectively. <br />San Marcos Electric <br />Light and Power <br />Company organized. <br />Two-story brick public <br />school built for White <br />children. <br />McAllister Addition <br />subdivision platted. <br />. . . ., . r; <br />First segregationist <br />'Jim Crow" law in <br />Texas passed, requiring <br />African Americans, <br />Mexican Americans, <br />and Indigenous <br />Americans to ride in <br />separate railroad cars. <br />Minorities also sat in <br />separate sections in <br />some churches. <br />1P. - <br />N"t4P' V <br />SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN (2026) <br />