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The
1885 Maverick County Courthouse
Photo coutesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
The Former Maverick County Courthouse
Eagle
Pass, Texas
Date - 1885
Architect - Wahrenberger & Beckman
Style - Romanesque
Revival
Material - Brick and stone
National Register Property
The 1885 courthouse is faintly reminiscent of the Presidio
County Courthouse in Marfa.
Photographers Note:
The exterior of the 1885 Maverick County
courthouse was restored and the building was rededicated on October 13, 2005.
The interior restoration was completed shortly thereafter. - Terry
Jeanson |
The
former Maverick County Courthouse (1885) as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Maverick
County Courthouse west entrance
Photo coutesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
Maverick
County Courthouse restored clock tower
Photo coutesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
Maverick County
Courthouse Historical Marker TextA
landmark of the Texas-Mexico border area. Built 1884-85, during term of county
Judge Thomas Lamb, on site chosen by citizens' committee, who donated $800 toward
purchase of land from R.E. Moffit. Architects: Wahrenberger and Beckman, San Antonio.
Contractor: A local builder, William Hausser (1847-1919). Courthouse and a jail
were erected at total cost of $20,489.
This was site of celebrated Dick
Duncan murder trial, 1889. Duncan, accused of killing four members of a San Saba
family he was escorting to Mexico, was convicted on evidence gathered by Sheriff
W.N. Cooke and Texas Rangers Ira Aten and John R. Hughes. He was sentenced to
death by district Judge Winchester Kelso. Duncan appealed to state and federal
courts and gained national notoriety, but was hanged in the county jail on September
18, 1891, in the only capital execution ever carried out by Maverick county.
Early jail
was replaced in 1949. A fine example of Victorian design, with crenelation that
suggests a fortress, the courthouse is a border structure with great architectural
significance. The clock
tower still holds its original E. Howard works and bell.
Marker dedicated
in September 1971 to commemorate centennial of the organization of Maverick county.
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Maverick
County Courthouse Historical Marker
Photo coutesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
The
Present Maverick County Courthouse
Eagle Pass, TexasDate
- 1979
Architect - Barton D. Riley & Associates
Style - Modern
Material
- Brick
The current Maverick County courthouse is north of the 1885 building
on Quarry St. |
The
1979 Maverick County Courthouse
Photo coutesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
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Historic Photo
of Maverick County Courthouse and Jail
Courtesy Texas State Library and Archives |
This
photo of the the Maverick County Courthouse and Jail
illustrates a common story in Texas. Often the courthouse and jail were built
at the same time and often they were the first buildings on a desolate landscape.
Similar photos exist for El
Paso and Marfa - where the
buildings appear to be on the surface of the moon.
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County Jail | Eagle
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