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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 Courthouse
- El
Paso, Texas
Date - 1991
Architect - Garland & Hilles/Fischer Cordova Partners
Style - Modern
Material - Steel & concrete with Alamo shaped granite entrance and
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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 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
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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 was remodeled into this structure in
the 1950s
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
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"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/ |
View of Franklin
Mountains from twelfth floor of the current El Paso County courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson,
December 2005 |
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