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The newly renovated
Nolan County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2017 |
The Present
Nolan County Courthouse
A 1977 building
resembling a fortress - on the square.
Architect: Welch and Hampton
Style: Modern |
Photographer's
Note:
The newly renovated courthouse was designed by architects Wiginton
Hooker Jeffry with Turner Construction Company serving as contractor.
On Friday, September 9, 2011, one of the courthouse's granite panels,
weighing nearly a ton, fell off the building. According to the KTXS
website (Channel 12 news in Abilene) the metal connecting the granite
panels to the concrete blocks of the courthouse rusted, causing the
panel to fall off. This same condition was discovered on the courthouse's
other panels. To keep more granite panels from falling off, all of
them were removed in 2012. A $4 million renovation was completed in
2014, celebrated by a ceremony held on November 18, 2014. The granite
panels have been replaced with white, green and gray limestone panels,
completely changing the appearance of the courthouse. - Terry
Jeanson, March 16, 2017 |
The courthouse
during renovation
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2013 |
New south side
entrance to the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2017 |
Dedication plaque
for the 1977 courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2017 |
The present Nolan
County Courthouse in 2006
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August 2006 |
The 1917 Nolan
County Courthouse
Architect: Charles
Henry Page
Style: Classical Revival
Demolished |
The 1917 Nolan
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Another view
of the 1917 Nolan County Courthouse
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Nolan County
Courthouse as it appearead in 1951
Photo courtesy THC |
Nolan County
Courthouse vintage postcard
Courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
The 1888 Nolan
County Courthouse
Architect: James
Edward Flanders
Style: Italianate
Material: Stone |
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"Illustration
of the first Nolan County courthouse built in 1888. Story goes that
to save money the builder used plaster of paris for cement. Within
a few years, the building started crumbling and was reinforced and
later rebuilt." - Teri
Brown
Courtesy
texasoldphotos.com |
Nolan County
Courthouse and Jail
Photo courtesy THC |
| "Mural of
the 1888 Nolan County courthouse painted on the side of Staton's Pharmacy
at Oak and Broadway on the courthouse square."
- Terry
Jeanson, August 2006 photo |
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