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The
1904 Frio County courthouse today.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson January, 2007 |
The Present Frio
County Courthouse
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Pearsall, Texas Date
- 1904
Architect - H. T. Phelps
Material - Brick
The 1904 Frio County
Courthouse has been altered in 1937and 1950.
"When it was originally
built, this courthouse had a third story, a hipped roof with dormers and a bell
tower in the center over the front entrance with a pyramidal cap." - Terry
Jeanson |
The
1904 Frio County courthouse before remodeling
Postcard courtesy THC |
The
1904 Frio County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Detail
over the front entrance of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson January, 2005 |
| The
1872 courthouse in Frio Town, the first county seat, was burned in 1877. A new
stone courthouse was constructed with assistance of local rancher W. J. Slaughter,
and is still standing today on private property in Old
Frio Town. |
The
remains of the 1878 Frio County courthouse in Old Frio Town.
Photo courtesy
Terry
Jeanson January, 2007. |
| "The
old courthouse is about 16 miles northwest of Pearsall
on FM 140 on the opposite side of the road from the Old Frio Town cemetery. It
is not close to the road and is on private property. Do not trespass! The
first story is completely covered by overgrown brush. I took this photo from the
top of a ladder on the side of the road using the digital zoom on my camera."
- Terry
Jeanson , December 28, 2007 |
The 1878 Frio County courthouse as it appeared in the 1980s
Photo courtesy
Josa
Combs |
Frio
Town Old Frio County Courthouse cornerstone
"Erected A.D. 1878" |
| | The
former Frio County Courthouse in Frio
Town
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Story
and Photographs By Josa Combs
A
newly-wedded couple drives to desolate Frio County in the late 1980s to camp alongside
the Frio River. Thanks to the kindness of a mysterious writer, they’re allowed
to discover the crumbling ruins of Frio County’s first seat of government. more |
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Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
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