Frieze on Carson County Courthouse - Panhandle, TX
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 20.736 W 101° 22.898
14S E 283568 N 3913973
This is the third courthouse for the county.
Waymark Code: WMMQT6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2014
Views: 6
County of art: Carson County
Location of art: Main St. & 5th St., over courthouse entrance, Panhandle
Tis at work depicts the history of the county in a panorama or images.
Description: The building faces east and is a three story buff colored brick structure. The east front of the building has a decorated frieze over the doorway and four long windows above the entrance which is clad with white stone. The base of the building is a dark red color. The third story is inset from the first and second stories.
"Created 1876. Organized 1888. Named for Samuel Price Carson, Secretary of State, Republic of Texas.
A pioneer county in oil and gas development.
Panhandle, county seat, promised main lines of 3 railroads, was by-passed for Amarillo, yet became one of the 4 historic towns in Texas Panhandle." ~ State Historical Survey Committee, 1965
A Flicker view of art
And here on Google is an interesting, yet small, write up about the frieze