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Uvalde County
courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
The Present
Uvalde County Courthouse
- Uvalde,
Texas
Date - 1927
Architect - Henry Phelps
Style - Texas Renaissance
Material - Brick and limestone
On the corner of US 90 (East Street)
The position of the clock is unique among Texas Courthouses. |
Historical Marker:
Uvalde County
Courthouse
Completed
in 1928, this structure replaced Uvalde
County's 1890
Courthouse. The Commissioner's Court hired architect Henry T.
Phelps, who had designed several other Texas courthouses, and prominent
local builder M. H. Ryland to manage the construction project. The
neo-classical style courthouse is the fifth for Uvalde
County, which was created in 1856. Outstanding features include
its cast stone segmental arches and Ionic porticoes at the entrances.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1983. |
Uvalde County's
1927 Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Uvalde County
courthouse historical marker at the West side entrance.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2005 |
The clock over
the West side entrance, displaying the correct time.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Courthouse west
side entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
Courthouse balcony
over the south side entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
The 1927 Uvalde
County courthouse cornerstone
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 |
The Uvalde County
Courthouse
TE photo, November 2001 |
The 1890 Uvalde
County courthouse
Postcard circa 1905 courtesy THC |
"The cornerstone
of the 1890 Uvalde County courthouse on the northeast corner of the
courthouse lawn."
-
Terry
Jeanson, December 2007 photo |
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