Props to my hometown of Clarksville in Red River County. Massive restoration done a few years ago.

Clarksville and Beaumont are the two most heavily discussed East Texas towns on the radio around here.

That's one of the prettier ones.

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Clarksville and Beaumont are the two most heavily discussed East Texas towns on the radio around here thanks to you guys on WTAW.

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And we don't even work for their chambers of commerce!

Don't knock dubya taw. I love those guys.

And Chace is keeping his eye on the community during Rush's show so he is working.

Now back to the courthouses. At least Brazos Co. got the old church building which opened up more office space.

Brazoria County:

The 1940 Courthouse


The 1976 annex to the 1940 courthouse


At least they didn't tear down the courthouse built in 1897, which is now the Brazoria County Historical Museum


Source:http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/Angleton-Texas-Brazoria-County-Courthouse.htm#1940

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I think Waco one of the nicest courthouses that I have seen.

Alternative thread name: Which county in TX is more full of itself?

Harris County Courthouse is nice:

Pretty sweet



Loving--not sure how they even field a jury



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Navarro County has a unique courthouse:

Pictured above is the Harris County Criminal Justice Center.

This is the courthouse:



old courthouse:



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Loving--not sure how they even field a jury

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Do they even have enough people in Loving county to field a jury?

I told you Austin County's is the ugliest.

The old court house was beautiful. People who decided to tear it down must have been idiots. In a State known for it's beautiful old court houses, we are stuck with the eye sore we have now in Bryan. The current courthouse has to be one of the ugliest I've ever seen

It also depends on the use the courthouse is to be put, as well.

The building that has the county court often needs holding cells, if not the County jail proper. Courtrooms are better windowless, especially with all the a/v used inside of them.

Which lends itself to a near windowless exterior, punctuated only by such glazing are the judges' offices and the Clerks' offices require.

Now, as a County Seat, if we design the building as office space for the officers of the County, that makes for a design with a central space and well-windowed offices around it. This is much in keeping with the old traditional design.

Which, is also where the recent practice have been in restoring older courthouse buildings. Separate away the blank windowless courtrooms from the original, and both building then benefit.

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I'm partial to this one from my hometown of Hallettsville in Lavaca County...





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I like duffelpud's idea - maybe we could make it a giant billboard to generate revenue to help offset the beautiful parking garage?