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The
1937 Reeves County Courthouse
Photo courtey Terry
Jeanson, December, 2005 |
The 1937
Courthouse replaced the original one built in 1886. Courthouses
of Texas by Mavis Kelsey, Sr. and Donald Dyal calls it "an interesting mix
of Classical Revival and Mediterranean elements". We couldn't have said it better
ourselves. As nice as it is, we'd prefer to have the 1886 courthouse back.
Photographer's
Note:
The 1937 Reeves County courthouse was designed by the fraternal architectural
firm of Trost & Trost. The Trost brothers were based in El
Paso and designed at least 300 buildings there (including the 1917 El
Paso County courthouse) and hundreds more throughout West
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. |
The
courthouse cornerstone
Photo courtey Terry
Jeanson, December, 2005 |
| The
courthouse as it appeared in the 1960s
Photo courtesy THC |
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| The
courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
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| Postcard
courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
"The
roadrunner behind the courthouse"
Photo courtesy Sandy Whitson, December
13, 2005 | |
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