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Scurry County
courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
The
1911 Scurry County Courthouse
- Snyder, Texas
Architect - Lang
& Witchell
Style - Texas Renaissance
Material - Brick
The 1911 Scurry County Courthouse is encased in granite from a remodeling
in 1972. The tower had been removed in 1950.
1972 remodeling architect - Joseph D. Hinton
Photographer's Note:
"Before the 1972 remodel, the Scurry County courthouse resembled
the 1911
Cooke County courthouse, which recently underwent an exterior
restoration. Both courthouses were designed by the same architects.
The interior of the Scurry County courthouse retains none of its former
appearance, including the district courtroom." - Terry
Jeanson |
The 1911 Scurry
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo Courtesy TXDoT |
Scurry County
Courthouse after removal of the tower
1950s postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Courthouse front
entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
| "The courthouse's
original cornerstone (above) was preserved on the inside of the building
after the 1972 remodel." - Terry
Jeanson |
The Scurry County
Courthouse as it appeared in the mid 50s
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Another view
of the courthouse after removal of the tower
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
"This picture
of the 1886 Scurry County courthouse is hanging in a display case
inside the current courthouse."
- Terry
Jeanson, August, 2006 |
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"In
2001, Snyder's former white buffalo has been retired to the Scurry
County Museum. - Replaced by this more true-to-life model" -
Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
On
the courthouse lawn is a statue of a white buffalo - a sacred Indian
symbol. More history
Photographer's Note:
"During my visit to Snyder, I tried
to locate the white, fiberglass buffalo that was replaced by the bronze
buffalo sculpture on the courthouse square. I discovered that more
than one copy had been made. I did not find the buffalo in the Scurry
County museum, but inside the Scurry County Coliseum. Another copy
of the statue stands in the White Buffalo Memorial Park which is northwest
of Snyder on S-CR 253/FM 1609, north of
the small town of Union." - Terry
Jeanson, August 9, 2008 |
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