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Brooks
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Date
- 1914
Architect - Alfred Giles
Style - Classical Revival
Material
- Brick
Photographer's
Note:
"This 1914 building was the first and only courthouse built
for Brooks County. In June of 2006, a new courthouse annex was opened at 408 W.
Travis in Falfurrias and the 1914 courthouse was
closed for renovations." - Terry
Jeanson, November, 2004 |
Brooks
County courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson |
Historical
Marker TextBrooks
County CourthouseCreated
in 1911, Brooks County was named for State Legislator James A. Brooks (1855-1944),
who served as the first county judge. Edward C. Lasater, founder of Falfurrias,
deeded this courthouse site to the Commissioners Court. County offices occupied
rented quarters before construction of this edifice in 1914. The brick courthouse
was designed by San Antonio
architect Alfred Giles (1853-1920), who planned numerous public buildings in Texas
and Northern Mexico. |
Detail
of the colonnade of Corinthian columns and recessed portico
Photo courtesy
Terry
Jeanson, November 2004 |
The
front of the Brooks County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, November 2004 |
Brooks
County Courthouse
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Back
view of Brooks County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, November 2004 |
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Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
| "The rear of
the Brooks County courthouse, which faces South St. Mary's (U.S. 281,) is much
different from the front with a second story balcony over the entrance."
- Terry
Jeanson, November, 2004 |
Brooks
County Courthouse in the 1940s
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
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