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Bastrop County
courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
The Current
Bastrop County Courthouse
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Bastrop, Texas
Date - 1883
Architect - Jasper
N. Preston and F.E.
Ruffini
Style - Renaissance Revival remodeled into Neoclassical
Material - Brick
The current Bastrop County courthouse was built in 1883, although
the building doesn't really look that old. It replaced the two-story
1852 courthouse that burned in January of the same year.
Designed by Austin architect Jasper
N. Preston with associate architect Frederick
E. Ruffini, the building was built of red brick and stone. The
original design of the building included pedimented gables over each
entrance, decorative caps on the corner pavilions, and a central clock
tower with three tiers. In 1923, the building was "modernized" by
C.H.
Page and Bros. The original roof and pediments were removed, replaced
with a flat roof with parapets on the corners and over the entrances.
The clock tower was shortened and a copper cap was added. The entrance
porticos were altered and the brick was covered with a yellow-beige
colored plaster. The interior was also renovated at this time.
The courthouse now sits among modern annexes to its south and southeast
sides with the historic 1891 jail on
its west side. Although there have been many changes to the courthouse
over the years, it has somehow not lost all of its original character
and it continues to serve as the center of the county government.
- Terry
Jeanson |
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The Bastrop County
courthouse from the northwest corner.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
Bastrop County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Same view of
Bastrop County courthouse
TE Photo, February 2002 |
The southside
of the courthouse with the 1950s and 1980s additions.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
Courthouse front
entrance.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
Confederate memorial
at the
NE corner of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
The shortened
clock tower with copper cap.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2007 |
Bastrop County
Courthouse old postcard
Courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Bastrop County
Courthouse old postcard
Courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
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