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Edwards
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2008 |
Date: 1891
Architect:
Ben Davey and Bruno Schort
Style: Romanesque Revival
Material: Stone
The county is named after early colonist Hayden Edwards of Nacogdoches. The
courthouse was damaged by a tornado in 1927 that killed nearly 70 people. Both
the courthouse and The Rocksprings Hotel served as shelters.
Photographer's
Note:
The 1891 Edwards County courthouse was gutted by a fire in 1897,
but rebuilt. Shortly after the fire, the town changed its name from Rock Springs
to the single name of Rocksprings. - Terry
Jeanson |
Edwards County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Vintage photo courtesy TXDoT |
Edwards
County Courthouse
winter view
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2008 |
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The courthouse cornerstone
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2008 |
Gable
over the Edwards County Courthouse entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2008 |
Edwards
County Courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
Photographer's
Note:
Notice
shoe scrapers for scraping mud off before entering the Courthouse. Early dirt
streets made this very practicle in the early years! - William
Beauchamp |
Devil's Sinkhole Tour Bus at Rocksprings' Visitors Center
Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
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Home to 1 to 4 million Mexican-Free tail bats The Devils Sinkhole can be
found 8 miles NE of Rocksprings Texas and is accessable through approved tours
which start at the visitors center at the Courthouse Square.- William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
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