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HUTCHINSON
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Stinnett, Texas Hutchinson
County has had three courthouses:
1901 - Plemons
(First County Seat)
1926 and 1927 - Stinnett |
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The 1927 Hutchinson County Courthouse. "This building had a rooftop jail
and sheriff's quarters that was used until 1982 when the courthouse was remodeled
and the jail was moved." - Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 |
| This 1927 Hutchinson
County Courthouse replaces one built just the year before. This one is built of
brick and concrete in the style known as Texas Renaissance. Designed by William
Townes, who later became half of Townes and Funk, designers of the Ward
County Courthouse among others. |
Regional details over the front entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 |
Courthouse front entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 |
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"Detailed panel over the south side entrance. This design, along with other
stone carved designs, are repeated on all sides of the building." - Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 photo |
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"Roof detail over the south side entrance. The empty panels on the bottom
(with the holes that look like smiley faces) repeat on each side of the building,
as if something was removed from these spaces." - Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 photo | |
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