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Texas
Architecture RAZED
IN TEXASor
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
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"Amarillo
- Capitol HotelAransas
County CourthouseBellville
Water Tower with a red weather vaneBrazoria
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 FeatureBrownwood
- Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Libraries RazedCorsicana
- Carnegie LibraryDallas
- Carnegie Library
Denison
High School (c. 1913) Razed
Feature 10-12-07Edinburg
- 1908 Hidalgo County CourthouseFayetteville
- Octagonal buildingFort
Worth - The Board of Trade Building c. 1889-1890 FeatureThe
1910 Fisher County CourthouseGalveston
City HallOwn
a piece of Gonzales, or Hallettsville, or Cuero Greenville
- The 1903 Carnegie Library. Razed in 1953Groesbeck
- The 1892 Limestone County
Courthouse
Houston
Post OfficeThe
1888 Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, TexasLamar
Hotel - The 8-F Crowd
by Bob Bowman FeatureLovelady
Water Tower Lubbock
County CourthouseMozelle
School Razed
Feature
10-12-07Nacogdoches
County CourthouseNavasota
- City Hall and Jail Palestine
- Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot circa 1953Port
Lavaca, Former Calhoun County jail, razed
8-4-08San
Diego Churches
10-5-07San
Diego Depot
10-5-07San
Diego Schoolhouses
10-5-07Seguin
- The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot c. 1910Seminole
- Tower TheaterSouthside
Place Water Tower
12-27-07Stephenville
- Majestic TheaterSulphur
Springs Water Tower, razed in 2002Taylor,
Texas City Hall c.1906The
1876 Travis County CourthouseTyler
- The Blacktone Hotel FeatureThe
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 CourthouseBen
Ficklin - Former Tom Green County CourthouseNew
Boston - Former Bowie County courthouse, gutted by fire
Stiles
- Former Reagan County courthouse, arson, still standing Temple
- Carnegie Library |
ForumHOW
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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