I've had time this weekend to work on completing five additional county pages on the website: #64 Nolan County, #65 Fisher County, #66 Kent County, #67 Stonewall County, and #68 Haskell County. Thus far I've created pages for each of the 135 counties I've visited to date, along with a map and brief history of the county and its seat(s). Having done that, I'm back to "filling in" the county page with photographs and information on the courthouse(s) and some context photographs. Expect to see more county pages completed as I focus on this part of the project.
(By the way, the current Kent County courthouse in Jayton is one of my favorites, especially in the "modern" catagory. It's very much "out of the way" and in a very small Texas county, so I doubt many people have seen it in person. Let me know what you think.)
About six months ago I discovered a truly remarkable collection of historic images, predominately postcards, of US courthouses: http://courthousehistory.com The site's author is Keith Vincent. He has collected over 14,000 images of US courthouses and now has at least one image of every county or parish in America! Keith has graciously allowed me to post images from his website. I am in the process of downloading Keith's postcards from Texas to my computer. In a previous blog entry I noted that I'd re-visited the Trinity County seat in Groveton to photograph the newly restored courthouse. When I went to courthousehistory.com to see what Keith had collected I was thrilled to see a photograph of an earlier Trinity County courthouse. More importantly, I recognized it as the work of Eugene Heiner, architect of so many Texas courthouses in the 19th century. H
(By the way, the current Kent County courthouse in Jayton is one of my favorites, especially in the "modern" catagory. It's very much "out of the way" and in a very small Texas county, so I doubt many people have seen it in person. Let me know what you think.)
About six months ago I discovered a truly remarkable collection of historic images, predominately postcards, of US courthouses: http://courthousehistory.com The site's author is Keith Vincent. He has collected over 14,000 images of US courthouses and now has at least one image of every county or parish in America! Keith has graciously allowed me to post images from his website. I am in the process of downloading Keith's postcards from Texas to my computer. In a previous blog entry I noted that I'd re-visited the Trinity County seat in Groveton to photograph the newly restored courthouse. When I went to courthousehistory.com to see what Keith had collected I was thrilled to see a photograph of an earlier Trinity County courthouse. More importantly, I recognized it as the work of Eugene Heiner, architect of so many Texas courthouses in the 19th century. H
After seeing this image, I went to my other favorite source of historic information on Texas Counties, The Texas Historic Sites Atlas, found on the Texas Historical Commission's website: http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
Sure enough, on the Trinity County page I found a listing for the 1884 Trinity County courthouse by Eugene Heiner, along with a marvelous photograph of the Groveton "downtown" with the courthouse in the background. Here it is:
Sure enough, on the Trinity County page I found a listing for the 1884 Trinity County courthouse by Eugene Heiner, along with a marvelous photograph of the Groveton "downtown" with the courthouse in the background. Here it is:
Looks like an early 20th century road rally! So, I added yet another listing to my page on the courthouses of Eugene Heiner: Trinity County. I wouldn't be surprised if they are even more Heiner courthouses I have yet to discover for myself.
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