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The 1950 Lubbock
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2007 |
The Present
Lubbock County Courthouse
Date - 1950
Architect - Haynes & Kirby
Style - Modern
Material - Limestone and granite
Addition - 1968
"The 1950 Lubbock County courthouse has a large addition to the
rear which was built in 1968. The addition matches the architectural
style of the original part of the building." - Terry
Jeanson |
The 1950 Lubbock
County Courthouse Cornerstone
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2007 |
Star ornament
in the tile on the first floor
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2007 |
The 1950 Lubbock
County Courthouse
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/ |
The
Second Lubbock County Courthouse
1916 - 1968
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The 1915 Lubbock
County Courthouse
replaced by the modern-style building in 1950.
1939 photo Courtesy TxDoT |
The caption below
the 1915 Lubbock County courthouse photo hanging in the lobby of the
current courthouse:
SECOND
LUBBOCK COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1916 - 1968
By 1915, the growth
and prosperity of Lubbock
County required the construction of a new, more modern courthouse.
Begun in November of 1915, the substantial stone structure was built
in the Classical Revival style, at a cost of approximately $100,000.
In addition to the county offices and county and district courts,
the courthouse contained a number of state offices and agencies. After
the city of Lubbock was incorporated in
1909, city offices were housed in the courthouse until City Hall was
constructed in 1923. In 1950, a new Lubbock County Courthouse was
built to the west of the second courthouse. However, it became evident
as construction progressed that the old courthouse was needed for
offices for various state agencies and related activities. Thus, the
1916 courthouse remained until 1968, when it was demolished and Avenue
H opened through the two-block public square.
- Submitted by Terry
Jeanson |
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1915 Lubbock
County Courthouse and jail.
Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe |
The
First Lubbock County Courthouse
1891 - 1916
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"This photo
of the 1891 Lubbock County courthouse is hanging in the lobby of the
current courthouse."
- Terry
Jeanson, February 2007 |
This is a partial
transcript of the caption below the above photo:
FIRST LUBBOCK
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1891 - 1916
(This) courthouse
was constructed in the center of the square bounded by South First
(now Broadway), North First (Main), Cedar Street (Texas), and Chestnut
Street (Avenue G), at a cost of approximately $40,000. .....When construction
began on a new courthouse on the public square in 1915, the old courthouse
was moved to the southwest corner of Tenth and Avenue G.
- Submitted by Terry
Jeanson |
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