Razed in Texas Demolished Buildings in Texas. (original) (raw)

Texas | Architecture or EDIFICE WRECKS A reminder of our lost architectural heritage Through images of buildings that are no more	Navasota City Hall razed 1958 Photo courtesy Navasota Examiner	William Penn Hotel razed 2006 Photo courtesy Lauren Meyers

Demolished Buildings and Structures

• Texas Courthouses »
  Many courthouses have been razed
  Feature Stories:

• Remembering a Courthouse by Bob Bowman
  Angelina County Courthouse - "[I]n the l950s, many Texas counties threw aside history, tradition and elegance and replaced some of our finest courthouses with modern buildings -- many of them with little character or appeal. That happened in my home town of Lufkin." ... more

• Railroad Interlocking Towers of Texas by Jim King
  Story and photos of the railroad tower. Most people referred to these as "signal towers" or "switch towers"
  Building List:

• Amarillo - Capitol Hotel

• Angleton Depot

• Aransas County Courthouse

• Bellville Water Tower with a red weather vane

• Brazoria County Courthouse c. 1894, Brazoria
  by John Troesser, Photos by Julie McConnell

• Brazos County Courthouse c. 1892 How to Demolish a Texas Courthouse in 14 Days Brazos County Hires an Iowan to Raze their 1892 Building
  by Brewster Hudspeth

• Brownwood - Carnegie Library

• Carnegie Libraries - Razed

• Corsicana - Carnegie Library

• Crockett - 1883 Houston County Courthouse

• Dallas - Carnegie Library

• Denison High School (c. 1913) Razed

• Eagle Lake - Railroad Interlocking Tower

• Edinburg - 1908 Hidalgo County Courthouse

• Fayetteville - Octagonal building

• Fort Worth - The Board of Trade Building c. 1889-1890

• The 1910 Fisher County Courthouse

• Galveston City Hall

• Own a piece of Gonzales, or Hallettsville, or Cuero

• Greenville - The 1903 Carnegie Library. Razed in 1953

• Groesbeck - The 1892 Limestone County Courthouse

• Houston Post Office

• The 1888 Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, Texas

• Lamar Hotel - The 8-F Crowd by Bob Bowman

• Lovelady Water Tower

• Lubbock County Courthouse

• Mineral Wells - The Hexagon Hotel by Mike Cox 9-4-19

• Mozelle School Razed

• Nacogdoches County Courthouse

• Navasota - City Hall and Jail

• Palestine - Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot circa 1953

• Port Lavaca, Former Calhoun County jail, razed

• San Diego Churches

• San Diego Depot

• San Diego Schoolhouses

• Seguin - The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot c. 1910

• Seminole - Tower Theater

• Southside Place Water Tower

• Stephenville - Majestic Theater

• Sulphur Springs Water Tower, razed in 2002

• Taylor, Texas City Hall c.1906

• The 1876 Travis County Courthouse

• Tyler - The Blacktone Hotel

• Tyler - James Smith Memorial Building

• Tyler - Tyler Commercial College by Mike Cox

• The 1896 Van Zandt County Courthouse

• Waller County 1894 Courthouse

• Ward County Courthouse, circa 1893

• William Penn Hotel, Houston, Texas
  by John Troesser. Photos courtesy Lauren Meyers
  Razed in January 2006.

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