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COLORADO
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County
Seat - Columbus, Texas
Colorado County has had four courthouses:
1836, 1847, 1855 and 1891
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Early
view of the Colorado County Courthouse in Columbus, Texas
Photo courtesy Nesbitt
Memorial Library |
The
Present Colorado County Courthouse
Date - 1891
Architect
- Eugene Heiner
Style - Renaissance Revival
The Colorado County Courthouse is a Eugene
Heiner design from 1891. There have been a total of four courthouses, the
first being built in 1836. One
courthouse was to be of pine harvested in Bastrop
and floated down the Colorado, but high water sent the wood floating right past
Columbus (and not a few surprised carpenters). |
Colorado
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo Courtesy TXDoT |
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view from the NE corner of the Columbus courthouse square
Photo courtesy
Nesbitt Memorial Library | |
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| | Girl
strolling Teddy on the Courthouse lawn
1915 photo courtesy Nesbitt Memorial
Library | | |
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"I've photographed this, my favorite Texas courtroom, many times. It wasn't
until a week or two ago that I had an opportunity to climb a 12' stepladder and
get REAL close to this wonderful hanging fixture under the "Tiffany style" dome.
- Jim King, September 2007 |
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beautiful stained glass dome was covered up with a false ceiling for many years
Photo Courtesy Colorado County Visitors Bureau | |
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