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The 1892
Victoria County Courthouse
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Looking
up through the atrium
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The 1892
Victoria County Courthouse
J. Riely Gordon
Architect
The courthouse was built between February 15th and December 21st,
1892 and is known as the 1892 Victoria County Courthouse.
J. Riely Gordon designed this one in Romanesque Revival style. Gordon
was fired as architect when he failed to live up to his contract which
required him to be present every day of construction.
There are similarities with the Fayette
County Courthouse in La Grange - built by Gordon the previous
year.
The current modern courthouse was completed in 1967. |
Portrait
of the architect as a young man
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The
recently restored 1892 Victoria County Courthouse
TE Photo, 11-01 |
The
courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Victoria
County Courthouse clock tower
TE Photos, 11-01 |
| "The
spacious district courtroom in the 1892 courthouse has also been restored
to its original condition." - Terry
Jeanson, December, 2004 photo |
Artifacts
recovered from the restoration
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The
1892 Victoria County Courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2004 |
Another
view of the restored Victoria County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Steve
Stephens, 2002 |
The 1967
Victoria County Courthouse
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| "The modern,
concrete and stone courthouse built in 1967 sits to the right of the
1892 courthouse.
Visitors must enter through this building to gain access to the inside
of the old courthouse." - Terry
Jeanson, December, 2004 photo |
The 1849
Victoria County Courthouse
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The
1849 Victoria County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Victoria County Archives |
"I would
like to share a photograph of the 1849 Victoria County Courthouse.
It was built by Richard Owens, and the hope was that this would enable
Victoria County to attract a district court. This building survived
until January/February of 1892. It was auctioned off to make way for
the J. Riely Gordon Courthouse which built between February 15th and
December 21st of that year.
You have provided a much-needed service. Texas is a unique and favored
place." - Gary Dunnam, Victoria County Heritage Director,
February 13, 2007 |
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