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LLANO
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Llano,
TexasLlano
County has had four courthouses:
1859(burned in 1880), 1881, 1885(burned
in 1892) and 1892.Book
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The
1892 Llano County courthouse with its restored tower.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
The
Present Llano County Courthouse - Llano, TexasThe
Llano County Courthouse was built in 1892. This is Llano County's fourth courthouse
and was designed by A.
O. Watson and Jacob Larmour. A fire on January 22, 1892 destroyed the previous
courthouse. The present one was completed August 1, 1893. |
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courthouse cornerstone
TE photo |
Photographer's
Note:
"The architectural firm of Larmour & Watson was apparently
dissolved during the construction of this building, which is why only Watson's
name is on the cornerstone.
According to the Texas Historical Commission,
the original tower was modified to the former pavilion shaped tower in 1913. The
restoration of the original tower with its colonnades and cupola increases the
height of the structure. The iron cresting on the roof has also been restored."
- Terry
Jeanson |
The
restored tower on the Llano County courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Llano County courthouse with clear view of the clock tower
Vintage postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Llano
County Courthouse as it appeared in 2003
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2003 |
American
Doughboy Statue and Llano County Courthouse
Sculptor - Frank Teich
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2003 |
The
Llano County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT
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The courthouse in the 1960s
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
"This
postcard of the Llano River Bridge must have been taken before 1913 because it
looks like the original cupola is still on the tower." - Terry
Jeanson.
Postcard courtesy William
Beauchamp |
The
Llano County Courthouse Clock Tower Restoration |
The
Llano County courthouse during the tower restoration.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2006 |
The
pieces of the new tower assembled on the courthouse lawn.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2006 |
The
1885 Llano County Courthouse - Llano, TexasPhotographer's
Note:
"The previous 1885 courthouse, designed by architect Alfred
Giles, was practically identical to the 1882 Gillespie County courthouse which
still stands today in
Fredericksburg and
is used as a library." - Terry
Jeanson |
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