1892 - Brazos County Courthouse - Bryan, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 40.418 W 096° 22.244
14R E 751898 N 3396382
The 1892 Brazos County Courthouse was razed in 1954. The cornerstone was saved and is displayed in front of the new courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMW9G2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2017
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Texas Escapes Website
Way back in 1954, before "urban renewal" entered the American vocabulary, county commissioners of Brazos County decided that they needed a new courthouse. The one they were using was sixty-two years old and was looking every month of it. Besides, it had always been considered a little "fussy" to some Brazos Countians. All that rough-cut stone was distracting and the tower was downright... Victorian. Tower-less buildings of smooth concrete and glass bricks were going up all across the country. Why should Brazos County be stuck with this old eyesore?
As in most courthouse replacements - the new building was to occupy the same space as the former.
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