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The 2011 Rockwall
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014 |
The Present
Rockwall County Courthouse
- Rockwall, Texas
The new $37.2 million
courthouse was completed in 2011 and dedicated on November 11, 2011.
Designed by Brinkley Sargent Architects, the exterior is brick with
stone details and the interior features terrazzo floors, granite wall
paneling and mahogany ceiling paneling. - Terry
Jeanson |
Rockwall County
Courthouse Dome
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014 |
Rockwall County
Courthouse Dome Interior
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014 |
Beautiful terrazzo
county seal on the floor of the rotunda
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014 |
Mural of the
three earlier Rockwall County courthouses from 1940, 1892
and 1875.
Near the front entrance.
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014
More Texas Murals |
The 1940 Rockwall
County Courthouse
- Rockwall, Texas
Architects - Voelcker
and Dixon.
Style - Moderne
Material - Stone |
The 1940 Rockwall
County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
The 1940 Rockwall
County Courthouse
1940 Photo courtesy TXDoT |
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Historic Rockwall
County Courtroom
in the Art Deco Courthouse on the square
Photo courtesy Dylan Gielow, October 2014
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"This photo is of the courthouse that was built in 1941 by WPA
labor and cost $90,000. This modern structure comprised a basement,
three stories and a jail housed on the top floor. This Historic Courthouse
building is still used by the County Commissioners even though a new
Courthouse has been built near Interstate 30" - Carolyn
Holt, Museum Curator, Rockwall County Historical Foundation |
The 1892 Rockwall
County Courthouse
Demolished ca.
1938
Built after the 1875
courthouse burned
2 story.
Architect: Maximillian Anton Orlopp, Jr.
Style: Richardsonian Romanesque
Material: Stone
Cost: $25,000 |
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1892 Rockwall County Courthouse |
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"The 1878 courthouse was replaced by a native
sandstone building in 1892 at a cost of $25,000 and was an architectural
showpiece of its day. As beautiful as it was, in the late 1930s the
mortar began to fail and the building was deemed unsafe and was razed."
- Carolyn Holt, Museum Curator, Rockwall County Historical
Foundation |
| "This picture
of the 1892 Rockwall County courthouse is hanging in the lobby of
the current courthouse." - Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
Mural of the
1892 Rockwall County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014 |
| "Images
of the 1892 Rockwall County courthouse can be seen on some of the
businesses around the courthouse square." -
Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
The 1875 Rockwall
County Courthouse
Burned January
27, 1891
Architect: James Edward Flanders
Style: Italianate
2 story. Frame. |
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"[Above] is a photo of the Rockwall Courthouse
that was built in 1878 at a cost of $3,940. In January of 1892 it
was destroyed by fire." - Carolyn Holt, Museum Curator,
Rockwall County Historical Foundation |
Mural of the
1875 Rockwall County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2014 |
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