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THE
COTTLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County
Seat - Paducah, TexasCottle
County has had two courthouses: 1893 and 1930Area
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The 1930 Cottle County courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
Date:
1930
Architect: Voelcker and Dixon
Style: Art-Moderne
Material: Brick
and terra cotta
Although the style is Moderne, there are enough Classical
elements as well as Art Deco details to make it interesting. |
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Inscription above the south side entrance: "To no one will we sell, deny or delay
justice." - Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
Photographer's
Note
Each of the four entrances to the courthouse have inscriptions above
them. The north and south side entrances have stylized figures of justice and
liberty at the rooftop. |
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Inscription above the north side entrance: "He who comes here must come with clean
hands." - Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
The inscription on the east side entrance: "He who seeks equity must do equity."
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
The inscription on the west side entrance: "There is nothing so powerful as truth."
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
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Cottle
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939 Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Cottle
County ForumSubject:
Update to Cottle County Courthouse
To preserve the classic art deco architecture
of the courthouse as well as nearby commercial buildings, the Cottle County courthouse
and surrounding square have recently been placed on the National Register of Historic
Places. - Greg Haviland, May 28, 2005 | |
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