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Concho County
Courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, 2008 |
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Historical
Marker - Courthouse square (corner of US 83 and FM 380)
Concho County
Courthouse
First permanent
courthouse for Concho
County. Built in 1886, replacing crude early structure. Architects
were the brothers F.E.
and Oscar Ruffini, who also planned and constructed first main
building at the University of Texas. As F.E. Ruffini lived only long
enough to draw plans for this courthouse, his brother completed it.
Architecture is "French Second Empire". Use of rusticated stone --
which came from a quarry only a few miles away -- is unusual in this
style.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 |
Concho County
Courthouse Old Photo
Courtesy Virginia Eubanks |
Concho County
Courthouse Old Photo
My mother, 86,
gave me a small photo of the Concho
County, Texas, courthouse, probably taken shortly after it was
built. There is a horse and buggy in front of the courthouse and several
one-story buildings in the background, but no trees around the courthouse.
The photographer’s name on the reverse is J. Y. Lowe, Miles Station,
Texas.
The photo was sent to her mother in Georgia before she was married
by a friend who went to Texas. - Virginia Eubanks, January 15, 2011 |
| Back of Concho
County Courthouse old photo |
Concho County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
| "The cornerstone
on the southwest corner of the courthouse has O(scar) Ruffini's name
instead of his brother Frederick, who drew the plans for the courthouse.
Frederick died before the courthouse was completed." - Terry
Jeanson |
| "The district
courtroom in the center of the second floor spans the courthouse from
the north to the south end." - Terry
Jeanson |
| "Looking
up the west side staircase at the metal pressed ceiling" - Terry
Jeanson |
Another view
of Concho County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Lou Ann Herda, 2000 |
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