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"City
of Mosaics"Levelland
has nine fine mosaics throughout the city and is known as a "City of Mosaics."
A mosaic is a 6000-year-old art technique in which cubes of glass tile are fixed
in a pattern to make a work of art. The mosaics in town can be found at the Fine
Arts Building, Student Services Building, and Science-Agriculture Buildings at
South Plains College, Methodist Hospital, Levelland Clinic, Adult Learning Center,
Hockley County Library and the Levelland Area Chamber of Commerce. - Shannon
Prothro, August 30, 2003 |
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| Historical
Marker on Courthouse
Square, Hwy 114Surveyed
and platted in 1912 as "Hockley City" by cereal magnate C. W. Post. Although only
a barren townsite, place won race for county seat in 1921. The first meeting of
county officers was held at future courthouse site -- in a Cadillac automobile.
Soon city square boasted a temporary courthouse (16 by 32 feet), a well, and a
community black-eyed pea patch. When a post office opened, in 1922, city was renamed
Levelland, for its topography. Prosperity arrived
with the coming of the railroad in 1925 and discovery of oil in the county in
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