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Burnet County
Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2006 |
The Present
Burnet County Courthouse
- Burnet, Texas
Date - 1937
Architect - Wirtz and Calhoun. (Lewis Milton Wirtz and Herald Calhoun)
Style - Moderne
Material - Locally quarried granite
Funded in part by WPA
The 1974 addition was designed by Willis Environmental Engineering
of Marble Falls, Texas.
L. M. Wirtz also designed the Guadalupe
County courthouse in Seguin,
Texas. |
"This interesting
frieze is located on the front of the courthouse between the two entrances."
- Terry
Jeanson, December 2006 photo |
The Burnet County
Courthouse in the 1940s
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
The Burnet County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo Courtesy TxDoT |
Updates courtesy
of Terry
Jeanson:
"My information comes from the THC County Atlas and the dedication
plaque from the courthouse." - September 16, 2008 |
The Burnet Bulletin
Building
101 E. Jackson
"The second floor was used as a courtroom during the 1930s, while
a new county courthouse was constructed."
Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, July 2009 |
The 1874 Burnet
County Courthouse TX
Photo courtesy of THC |
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