Hidalgo County Courthouse Edinburg Texas. (original) (raw)
The 1954 Hidalgo County Courthouse
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The present Hidalgo County Courthouse
Date - 1954
Architects - R. Newell Waters
Style - Modern Style
Material - Steel, marble, and glass.
Modification - Enlarged in 1979-1981
The 1908 Hidalgo County Courthouse
The 1908 Courthouse was razed to built the 1954 thing they now have.
The photos and postcards below show the 1908 Hidalgo County Courthouse in various stages of its life. Note the large cupola on the first three courthouse illustrations. This was damaged during a storm and shortened.
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1938 Postcard
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The 1908 Hidalgo County courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT
1948 Postcard
(note smaller cupola)
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The old and the new
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In the early 1950s a man, angry at a court decision, brought a bomb to the courthouse that exploded on the staircase (while still attached to his leg), causing expensive repairs and a very messy cleanup.
Photo courtesy Robert Runyon Collection, Center for American History, UT