Lawrenceville's Courthouse Square was a center of community activity for more than 150 years, hosting special events, celebrations, and commemorations while serving as a busy place of enterprise where people from the surrounding area came to shop and conduct daily business. Though quieter today, it remains a special place and, for many residents of Lawrence County, the heart and soul of Lawrenceville. Early twentieth-century postcards showed the square, including the courthouse along State Street and the white bank building at the corner of 12th and State streets, which today houses the Lawrence County Historical Society. In 1932, The Texas Company introduced Texaco Fire Chief gasoline with a parade through the square, reflecting the close ties between Lawrenceville and the Texaco Refinery, whose events carried great significance for residents of the city and county. In 1917, a state-of-the-art army tank helped sell World War One Victory Loan war bonds on the square, and the bank building then standing on the corner of 12th and Jefferson streets no longer stands.