146 of 254 Lubbock County Courthouse, Lubbock, Texas. County Population: 278,831
Lubbock County, Texas
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"Lubbock County is one of the oldest inhabited places in the state, if not the
oldest. [Lubbock Lake National Historic and State Archeological Landmark] "In the middle of the nineteenth century West Texas was considered a part of the "Great American Desert." As Capt. Randolph B. Marcy remarked after a reconnaissance through the area in 1849, "not a tree, shrub, or any other object, either animate or inanimate, relieved the dreary monotony of the prospects; ... ." The myth dissolved in the 1870s when the region was explored by hunters who moved across the plains slaughtering the buffalo herds. Lubbock County was split off from the Bexar District by the legislature on August 21, 1876, as an unorganized county and was successively attached for administration to Young, Baylor, and Crosby counties. "The new county was named for Col. Thomas S. Lubbock, former Texas Ranger, Confederate officer, and brother of a former governor. "Formal organization of Lubbock County came on March 10, 1891, when an election was held for the purpose and Lubbock was made the county seat." Lawrence L. Graves, "LUBBOCK COUNTY," Handbook of Texas Online I visited Lubbock County and photographed the courthouse in Lubbock on Friday, May 18, 2012 and on Thursday, May 8, 2014.
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This portion of the Llano Estacado, or Caprock, is heavily cultivated, not to mention, flat
Lubbock County Courthouse 1891
Gill, Moad & Gill, Architects. Image courtesy courthousehistory.com
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Lubbock County Courthouse 1915
Rose & Peterson, Architects. Demolished 1968. Image courtesy courthousehistory.com
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Lubbock County Courthouse 1950
Image courtesy courthousehistory.com
Image courtesy courthousehistory.com
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The cornerstone
In 1968 this large addition was added on the east side of the courthouse
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The front doors of the courthouse face west, towards Texas Avenue
The west side of the square features a beautifully maintained lawn and trees
The courthouse doors on the west side
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A gazebo on the west lawn
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Another view of the west facade of the courthouse
Like so many courthouses, the doors face an alley across the square
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The view of the courthouse from the alley
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The office building is connected to the courthouse by a bridge across Main Street
The northeast corner of the courthouse. This eastern wing was added in 1968
The east entrance to the courthouse
An office on Main Street, near the courthouse
Lone Star Bail Bonds on Main Street, across from the County Jail
Somewhere in Lubbock County ...