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The SW corner
of Terry County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
The Present
Terry County Courthouse -
Brownfield, Texas
Date - 1925
Architects - Peters & Haynes
Contractor - J.M. Morgan Const. Co.
Style - Texas Renaissance
Material - Brick and concrete
1951 Addition:
Architect - Carl H. Stautz
Contractor - Walter Droemer
The addition doubled the size of their 1925 building.
Photographer's Note:
"A $3.2 million renovation/restoration that begun in late 2011
was completed by the summer of 2013 and an open house was held on
July 26, 2013 to celebrate (which, coincidentally, was the 150th anniversary
of the death of Sam
Houston.)" - Terry
Jeanson |
Terry County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Old postcard
of the 1925 Terry County Courthouse
Courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
South side entrance.
The tall, round top windows indicate the location of the restored
two-story district courtroom.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
Terry County
courthouse West side entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
Terry County
courthouse seen from the northwest corner
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
The restored
two-story district courtroom. A false ceiling had previously cut the
courtroom in half just above the door transoms.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
Doors to the
district courtroom. The wooden pediments above the doors had to be
reconstructed from old photographs.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
The courthouse
before the 2011 restoration
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2007 |
| The
1906 Terry County Courthouse was 40 feet square and 24 feet high and
the contracted construction cost was $3800. |
Tinted photograph
of the 1906 Terry County courthouse, hanging in the lobby of the current
courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2007 |
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