1861, April 12 First guns are fired in Civil War at Union installation at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, over question of southern states' right to secede from the Union.
Mills County Texas has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Mills County Jailhouse and Regency Suspension Bridge, Mills County Courthouse.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mills County places including Austin Bridge Co., Green & Nichols and Henry T. Phelps. Prominent architectural styles found in Mills Country are Classical Revival and Gothic.
Mills County Courthouse
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