El Paso County Courthouse, Texas. (original) (raw)

The 1991 El Paso County courthouse with a reflection of the Franklin Mountains. The U. S. Federal courthouse is in the foreground.
Photo courtsy Terry Jeanson, December 2005

The Present El Paso County Courthouse

- El Paso, Texas

Date - 1991
Architect - Garland & Hilles/Fischer Cordova Partners
Style - Modern
Material - Steel & concrete with Alamo shaped granite entrance and sky-blue reflective glass.

The 1917 El Paso County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT

"The 1917 El Paso County courthouse was demolished in 1992. It stood where the Alamo shaped entryway of the current courthouse now stands. Fragments of the 1917 county courthouse have been preserved in the twelfth story law library and courtroom in the current courthouse."
- Terry Jeanson

	The 1917 El Paso County Courthouse, El Paso, Texas. "A reinforced concrete building covering one city block." Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

	Another view of the 1917 Classical Revival El Paso County Courthouse Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

	The 1917 El Paso County Courthouse was remodeled into this structure in the 1950s Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

"El Paso County Courthouse. 1886-1917"
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

	The 1886 El Paso County Courthouse, El Paso, Texas 1908 Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

	The 1886 El Paso County Courthouse TE old postcard

	Another view of the 1886 El Paso County Courthouse 1915 Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

"El Paso County Courthouse, Monarch Business Block,
El Paso, Texas. 1884-1886"
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

View of Franklin Mountains from twelfth floor of the current El Paso County courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, December 2005