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The
1908 Hays County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
The Current
Hays County Courthouse - San
Marcos, Texas
Date - 1908
Architect - C.H. Page & Bros.
Style - Beaux-Arts
Material - Elgin buff and gray brick with limestone stringcourses.
On the eastside entrance to the building is a beautiful 1907 fountain
that includes an ankle-height trough for dogs. |
Hand-tinted
postcard of the 1908 Hays County Courthouse.
Postcard courtesy of Phyllis C. Rummel |
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1908 was a
good year for architect C.H. Page and Brother (the way the company
name appears on the cornerstone). Their design was used for two
nearly identical courthouses - one here and one for Ft.
Bend County (Richmond). The primary difference is that Hays
County declined the clocks. Sometime after 1908 the company name
was changed to the more traditional "Page Brothers."
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The
1908 Hays County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Statue
of justice atop the Hays County courthouse.
Photo courtsy Terry
Jeanson, June 2007 |
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The 1908 re-building retained the cornerstone from the 1882 F.E. Ruffini
courthouse and positioned it in the foundation near the new cornerstone.
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The
1882 Cornerstone
F.E. Ruffini, Architect
Photo by John Troesser, 9-01 |
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The
1908 cornerstone.
"C.H. Page and Bro." Architects
Photo by John Troesser, 9-01 |
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A
Corinthian Capital
Photo by John Troesser, 9-01 |
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Southside
Entrance of the Hays County Courthouse
Photo by John Troesser, 9-01 |
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Southside
entrance looking west.
Photo by John Troesser, 9-01 |
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The
courthouse annex.
The side with awnings faces the courthouse.
Photo by John Troesser, 9-01 |
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The
1882 Hays County Courthouse
1900 post card courtesy THC |
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