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The 1911 Scurry
County Courthouse - Snyder, Texas
Architect - Lang & Witchell
Style - Texas Renaissance
Material - Brick
The 1911 Scurry County Courthouse is encased in granite from a remodeling
in 1972. The tower had been removed in 1950.
1972 remodeling architect
- Joseph D. Hinton
Photographer's
Note:
"Before the 1972 remodel, the Scurry County courthouse resembled
the 1911
Cooke County courthouse, which recently underwent an exterior restoration.
Both courthouses were designed by the same architects.
The interior of
the Scurry County courthouse retains none of its former appearance, including
the district courtroom." - Terry
Jeanson |
The
1911 Scurry County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo Courtesy TXDoT |
The
Scurry County Courthouse after removal of the tower
1950s postcard courtesy
www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Front
view of the Scurry County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
Closer
view of the courthouse front entrance.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
Historical
marker relaying the history of the courthouse square.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
| The
courthouse's original cornerstone was preserved on the inside of the building
after the 1972 remodel. - Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 photo |
The
Scurry County Courthouse as it appeared in the mid 50s
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ |
Another
view of the courthouse after removal of the tower
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ |
| This
picture of the 1886 Scurry County courthouse is hanging in a display case inside
the current courthouse. - Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
| | "In
2001, Snyder's former white buffalo has been retired to the Scurry County Museum.
- Replaced by this more true-to-life model" -
Photo courtesy Charlene
Beatty Beauchamp |
On the
courthouse lawn is a statue of a white buffalo - a sacred Indian symbol. More
history
Photographer's
Note:
During my
visit to Snyder, I tried to locate the white, fiberglass
buffalo that was replaced by the bronze buffalo sculpture on the courthouse square.
I discovered that more than one copy had been made. I did not find the buffalo
in the Scurry County museum, but inside the Scurry County Coliseum. Another copy
of the statue stands in the White Buffalo Memorial Park which is northwest of
Snyder on S-CR 253/FM 1609, north of the small town
of Union. - Terry
Jeanson, August 9, 2008 |
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