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| "Wilson County
courthouse front view. The 1887 Wilson County jail, which is now a museum, is
on the bottom left side of this photo."
- Terry
Jeanson, August, 2008 |
The
Present Wilson County Courthouse
- Floresville,
Texas Date
- 1884
Architect - Alfred Giles
Style - Second Empire / Italianate
Material - Brick plastered over in 1936
Update:
"The
Wilson County courthouse has been evacuated after engineers found the building
to be unsafe. A report on our local news showed courthouse employees talking about
a sinking upper floor and debris falling on the lower floor. The outer walls have
cracks all the way down to the foundation and one of the walls is bowing outwards.
Further engineering analysis will determine the cost of repairs, but I believe
an historical restoration will be the final solution. Like the Kennedy
County courthouse in Sarita,
I'm thinking that the area between the outer stucco and the interior brick is
full of mold and destroying the brick.
The building has been fenced off,
but Floresville is still planning to have
their annual Peanut Festival on the courthouse square this weekend." - Terry
Jeanson, October 03, 2011 |
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The
1884 Wilson county courthouse today
A rear attached addition was built in 1986
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2008 |
Wilson
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy of TXDoT |
Same
view of the Wilson County Courthouse in 1912
Photo
courtesy of THC |
Another
view of the 1884 Wilson county courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2005 |
| | Wilson
County Courthouse tower
TE photo, 2-02 |
| | Goddess
of Justice
TE photo, 2-02 |
Wilson county courthouse front
entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2008 |
The
centrally-located district courtroom on the second floor
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2008 |
| "The Wilson County
courthouse has two cornerstones, one on each side of the front portico."
- Terry
Jeanson, August, 2008 |
Ghosts
of Wilson County
by Lois Zook Wauson
Most buildings around 100 years old have certainly got
some ghosts stories passed down through the years... In a building as old as the
county courthouse, I knew there were bound to be people who knew something. I
was right. I interviewed one person about a ghost sighted in the courtroom upstairs...
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