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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
Remembering
a Courthouse by Bob Bowman Feature
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
Amarillo
- Capitol Hotel
Aransas
County Courthouse
Bellville
Water Tower with a red weather vane
Brazoria
County Courthouse c. 1894, Brazoria - Feature
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 Feature
Brownwood
- Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Libraries Razed
Corsicana
- Carnegie Library
Dallas
- Carnegie Library
Denison
High School (c. 1913) Razed
Feature 10-12-07
Edinburg
- 1908 Hidalgo County Courthouse
Fayetteville
- Octagonal building
Fort
Worth - The Board of Trade Building c. 1889-1890 Feature
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 Feature
Lovelady
Water Tower
Lubbock
County Courthouse
Mozelle
School Razed
Feature
10-12-07
Nacogdoches
County Courthouse
Navasota
- City Hall and Jail
Palestine
- Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot circa 1953
Railroad
Interlocking Towers of Texas
by Jim King Feature
Story
and photos of the railroad tower. Most people referred to these
as "signal towers" or "switch towers"
San
Diego Churches
10-5-07
San
Diego Depot
10-5-07
San
Diego Schoolhouses
10-5-07
Seguin
- The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot c. 1910
Seminole
- Tower Theater
Southside
Place Water Tower
12-27-07
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 Feature
The
1896 Van Zandt County Courthouse
Waller
County Courthouse
Ward
County Courthouse, circa 1893
William
Penn Hotel, Houston, Texas Feature
by John Troesser. Photos courtesy Lauren Meyers
Razed in January 2006.
Arson & Accidents and Acts of God
Bellville
- Former Austin County Courthouse
Ben
Ficklin - Former Tom Green County Courthouse
New
Boston - Former Bowie County courthouse, gutted by fire
Stiles
- Former Reagan County courthouse, arson, still standing
Temple
- Carnegie Library
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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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