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The Kimble
County Courthouse
County
Seat - Junction, Texas
Date: 1929
Architect: Henry Phelps
Style: Moderne
Material: Brick
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The
1929 Kimble County courthouse in Junction
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September 2004 |
The county was
named after Alamo defender Geo. C. Kimble. Originally the County Seat
was the short-lived (and often flooded) town of Kimbleville.
The current Kimble County Courthouse was built in 1929. There were
two others, one in 1878 and another in 1885. The first one burned,
necessitating the second. The second was burned in 1888, but was repaired.
The cornerstone of the 1878 courthouse sits not far from the Chamber
of Commerce's office and shows that it was the design of English Architect
Alfred Giles. Giles designed courthouses in Marfa,
Falfurrias, Goliad
and Floresville.
His 1882 Courthouse in Fredericksburg
is now the Gillespie County Library. En route to Fredericksburg, he
had the misfortune of being robbed while a passenger in a stagecoach.
Giles also designed the Webb
County Courthouse in Laredo and many buildings in Mexico. |
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The
1929 Kimble County Courthouse
1939 Photo courtesy TXDoT |
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An
earlier view of the Kimble County Courthouse in Junction
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ |
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Cornerstone
Fragment from 1878 Courthouse
TE photo |
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