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The
1939 Gillespie County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, November, 2007 |
Gillespie
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The
1939 courthouse decorated for Christmas
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December, 2004 |
Another
early view of the Gillespie County Courthouse
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ |
The
Former Gillespie County Courthouse c.1882 - Fredericksburg
Now used as the Gillespie County Library.
On the Public Square near the current
courthouse.
Designed by Alfred Giles, English Architect turned Texas Sheep
Rancher
"...with its formal balance, heavy decorative consoles, and Classical
roof slopes, [it possesses] the dignity characteristic of Renaissance Revival
buildings." - Williard B. Robinson, Texas Public Buildings of the Nineteenth
Century
Fredericksburg
Hotels |
The
1882 Gillespie County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2006 |
Another
view of the 1882 Gillespie County Courthouse
Postcard circa 1930 courtesy
THC |
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carved out of an old tree on the grounds between the 1882 and 1939 courthouses.
November, 2007 Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson |
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