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Comal
County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, June 2003 |
Date - 1898
Architect - J.
Riely Gordon
Style - Romanesque Revival
Material - Limestone |
Comal
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
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Comal
County Courthouse
The design in stone
TE photo |
Lee
County Courthouse in Giddings
The design in brick
TE photo |
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1898 Comal County Courthouse designed by J.
Riely Gordon is nearly identical to Gordon's Lee
County Courthouse (1897) in Giddings.
He saved money on blueprints. The resemblance is seldom noticed since
one is brick (Lee County) and the other stone (Comal). Gidding's is
also free standing on a huge lawn while the New Braunfels building
has had an extension added. A downspout on the courthouse passes right
in front of the cornerstone obscuring Gordon's name. |
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Confederate
soldier
and the courthouse
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