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Texas | Architecture
RAZED IN TEXAS
or
EDIFICE WRECKS
A reminder of our
lost architectural heritage
Through images of
buildings that are no more |
Navasota City Hall
razed 1958
Photo courtesy
Navasota Examiner |
William Penn Hotel
razed 2006
Photo courtesy
Lauren Meyers |
Demolished
Buildings and Structures
Texas
Courthouses »
Many courthouses have been razed
Feature Stories:
Remembering
a Courthouse by Bob Bowman
Angelina County Courthouse - "[I]n the l950s, many Texas counties
threw aside history, tradition and elegance and replaced some of
our finest courthouses with modern buildings -- many of them with
little character or appeal. That happened in my home town of Lufkin."
... more
Railroad
Interlocking Towers of Texas by Jim King
Story and photos of the railroad tower. Most people referred
to these as "signal towers" or "switch towers"
Building List:
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Amarillo
- Capitol Hotel
Angleton
Depot
Aransas
County Courthouse
Bellville
Water Tower with a red weather vane
Brazoria
County Courthouse c. 1894, Brazoria
by John Troesser, Photos by Julie McConnell
Brazos
County Courthouse c. 1892
How to Demolish a Texas Courthouse in 14 Days
Brazos County Hires an Iowan to Raze their 1892 Building
by Brewster Hudspeth
Brownwood
- Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Libraries - Razed
Corsicana
- Carnegie Library
Crockett
- 1883 Houston County Courthouse
Dallas
- Carnegie Library
Denison
High School (c. 1913) Razed
Eagle
Lake - Railroad Interlocking Tower
Edinburg
- 1908 Hidalgo County Courthouse
Fayetteville
- Octagonal building
Fort
Worth - The Board of Trade Building c. 1889-1890
The
1910 Fisher County Courthouse
Galveston
City Hall
Own
a piece of Gonzales, or Hallettsville, or Cuero
Greenville
- The 1903 Carnegie Library. Razed in 1953
Groesbeck
- The 1892 Limestone County Courthouse
Houston
Post Office
The
1888 Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, Texas
Lamar
Hotel - The 8-F Crowd by Bob Bowman
Lovelady
Water Tower
Lubbock
County Courthouse
Mineral
Wells - The Hexagon Hotel by Mike Cox 9-4-19
Mozelle
School Razed
Nacogdoches
County Courthouse
Navasota
- City Hall and Jail
Palestine
- Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot circa 1953
Port
Lavaca, Former Calhoun County jail, razed
San
Diego Churches
San
Diego Depot
San
Diego Schoolhouses
Seguin
- The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot c. 1910
Seminole
- Tower Theater
Southside
Place Water Tower
Stephenville
- Majestic Theater
Sulphur
Springs Water Tower, razed in 2002
Taylor,
Texas City Hall c.1906
The
1876 Travis County Courthouse
Tyler
- The Blacktone Hotel
Tyler
- James Smith Memorial Building
Tyler
- Tyler Commercial College by Mike Cox
The
1896 Van Zandt County Courthouse
Waller
County 1894 Courthouse
Ward
County Courthouse, circa 1893
William
Penn Hotel, Houston, Texas
by John Troesser. Photos courtesy Lauren Meyers
Razed in January 2006.
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"HOW do you know all you know about Texas..? I
love you all's sense of humor.
I'm glad to see you have a section to remind us what we have lost
"Razed in Texas" "Edifice Wrecks"." ..... - Lori Glenn,
editor, Preservation Texas' Newsletter.
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