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Texas
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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 LibraryCarnegie
Libraries RazedCorsicana
- Carnegie LibraryDallas
- Carnegie LibraryDenison
High School (c. 1913) Razed Feature Eagle
Lake - Railroad Interlocking Tower Edinburg
- 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 CourthouseHouston
Post OfficeThe
1888 Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, TexasLamar
Hotel - The 8-F Crowd by Bob Bowman FeatureLovelady
Water Tower Lubbock
County CourthouseMozelle
School Razed FeatureNacogdoches
County CourthouseNavasota
- City Hall and Jail Palestine
- Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot circa 1953Port
Lavaca, Former Calhoun County jail, razedSan
Diego ChurchesSan
Diego DepotSan
Diego SchoolhousesSeguin
- The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot c. 1910Seminole
- Tower TheaterSouthside
Place Water TowerStephenville
- Majestic TheaterSulphur
Springs Water Tower, razed in 2002Taylor,
Texas City Hall c.1906The
1876 Travis County CourthouseTyler
- The Blacktone Hotel FeatureTyler
- James Smith Memorial Building Feature
Tyler
- Tyler Commercial College by Mike Cox Feature
10-4-12The
1896 Van Zandt County Courthouse
Waller
County 1894 Courthouse 5-12-12 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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