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Date - 1928
Architect - Lang and Witchell
Style - Moderne-Art Deco
Material - Stone
Photographer's Note:
"The current 1928 Eastland County courthouse is a fine example
of the Art-Moderne/Art-Deco style of architecture that was popular
at the time." - Terry
Jeanson |
"The courthouse's
spacious foyer retains it original design characteristics."
Terry
Jeanson, January, 2007 photo |
"The district
courtrooms occupy the east wing (pictured here) and the west wing
on the fourth floor. The front of the judge's bench is inlaid with
green marble."
Terry
Jeanson, January, 2007 photo |
The 1928 Eastland
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The Eastland
County Courthouse in 2002
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, June 2002 |
Sagging
Symbols by Dwight Young
My uncle ran a grocery store in our home town. It was on 6th Street,
but the actual address really didn't matter. When people asked where
the store was, we just told them it was on the courthouse square.
That was enough. Everybody knew where the courthouse was... read
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The 1897 Eastland
County Courthouse, Ol'
Rip's residence for 31 years
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
by
Brewster Hudspeth
Eastland is the home of Ol'
Rip, The Horned Toad that had more than his 15 minutes of fame.
Rip
is visible everyday in his sarcophagus at the North side of the Courthouse...
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Eastland, Texas
on US Highway 80
"Paved from Coast to Coast!"
Eastland County Courthouse
"The Home of Old
Rip"
Postcard
courtesy
rootsweb.com/~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
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