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The
1991 El Paso County courthouse with a reflection of the Franklin Mountains. The
U. S. Federal courthouse is in the foreground.
Photo courtsy Terry Jeanson,
December 2005 |
The Present
El Paso County CourthouseDate
- 1991
Architect - Garland & Hilles/Fischer Cordova Partners
Style - Modern
Material - Steel & concrete with Alamo shaped granite entrance and sky-blue
reflective glass. |
El
Paso County has had seven courthouses:
1850 - In San
Elizario
1866
1871 - In Ysleta
1886 - El Paso
1917 (Remodeled
in 1950s, demolished in 1992)
1980? (Still standing?) - According to The
Courthouses of Texas by Kelsey and Dyal
1991 - The Present courthouse |
The 1917 El
Paso County CourthouseThe
1917 El Paso County courthouse was demolished in 1992. It stood where the Alamo
shaped entryway of the current courthouse now stands. Fragments of the 1917 county
courthouse have been preserved in the twelfth story law library and courtroom
in the current courthouse.
- Terry Jeanson |
| | The
1917 El Paso County Courthouse, El Paso, Texas.
"A reinforced concrete
building covering one city block."
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
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| | Another
view of the 1917 Classical Revival El Paso County Courthouse
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ | |
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| | The
1917 El Paso County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy
TXDoT | | |
| | The
1917 El Paso County Courthouse was remodeled into this structure in the 1950s
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ | |
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The 1886 El
Paso County Courthouse |
| | "El
Paso County Courthouse
1886-1917"
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ | |
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| | The
1886 El Paso County Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
1908 Postcard courtesy
rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ | |
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| | The
1886 El Paso County Courthouse
TE old postcard |
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| | Another
view of the 1886 El Paso County Courthouse
1915 Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ | |
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| | "El
Paso County Courthouse, Monarch Business Block, El Paso, Texas
1884-1886"
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ | |
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Old
El Paso County jail and courthouse in the first county seat of San Elizario.
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2003 |
Historic
marker of the Old El Paso County jail in San Elizario
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2005 |
| View
Of Franklin Mountains from twelfth floor of the current El Paso County courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2005 |
|
Texas
Courthouse Books |
| The
Courthouses of Texas: A Guide |
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| Old
Friends: Great Texas Courthouses |
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| The
Courthouse Square in Texas |
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