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This is Courthouse Falls located off Hwy 215 right outside of Brevard, NC in the Pisgah National Forest
Explored October 22, 2009
Another view of the county courthouse in Wayne, Nebraska. The 1899 building features 18-inch thick brick walls, perhaps in response to the fire that burnt down the previous courthouse. The courthouse square is unusual in that, except for the library, it is surrounded entirely by houses rather than commercial buildings that is typical for Midwestern courthouses.
Grayson County Courthouse, Sherman, Texas.The earliest known inhabitants of what is now Grayson County, Texas were Caddo amerindian groups, including Tonkawa, Ionis, and Kichai. These groups engaged in agriculture and traded with Spanish and French at trading posts along the Red River.[3] This resulted in the establishment of trading posts at Preston Bend on the Red River, Warren, and Pilot Grove during 1836 and 1837. In the 1850s, trading and marketing at Preston Bend became more important, as agriculture became more grew in the county. This was helped by Preston Road, the first trail in the state which went from Preston Bend to Austin, Texas. More growth occurred after the establishment of Sherman as station of the Butterfield Overland Mail route in 1856.
Opinions in the county about Secession were not uniform, with the county voting by more than two to one in 1861 to remain in the Union. The Great Hanging at Gainesville where more than 40 men were killed was a polarizing event. Men from Grayson County served the Confederacy at various locations in the South. The Eleventh Texas Cavalry captured Federal forts in the Indian Territory north of the Red River.
Grayson county also has a dark past. During the Sherman Riot of May 9, 1930, Grayson County's elegant 1876 courthouse was burned down by arson during the trial of an African American man, George Hughes. During the riot, Hughes was locked in the vault at the courthouse and died in the fire. After rioters retrieved Hughes' body from the vault, it was dragged behind a car, hanged, and set afire. Texas Ranger Frank Hamer was in Grayson County during this riot and reported the situation to Texas Governor Dan Moody.[8] Governor Moody sent National Guard troops to Grayson County on May 9 and more on May 10 to control the situation. Grayson County's current courthouse, pictured above, was completed in 1936.
The Bridge War, also called the Red River Bridge War or the Toll Bridge War, was a 1931 bloodless boundary conflict between the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas over an existing toll bridge and a new free bridge crossing the Red River between Grayson County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma. That's another photo, and story to come later.
The shot I posted yesterday was a rushed shot, as I wanted to get a quick shot in case the rainbow started to fade away. This shot I took my time with and got my camera on a tripod. By this point, the rainbow was starting to fade away, and the second rainbow is hardly noticeable. So in this case, I'm glad I got my rushed shot, but also glad I took my time later on.
And while I'm taking this shot, there is this dude on a bench behind me, telling me I'm missing the shot as he chain smokes. I'm not sure what he was on, but he kept trying to get me to look at this opening in the sky that he thought was changing colors. I don't think he even saw the rainbow.......
"Sedona's main attraction is its stunning array of red sandstone formations, the Red Rocks of Sedona. The formations appear to glow in brilliant orange and red when illuminated by the rising or setting sun. The Red Rocks form a breathtaking backdrop for everything from spiritual pursuits to the hundreds of hiking and mountain biking trails."
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Village of Oak Creek
May 14, 2009
Sedona, Arizona
Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette, Alabama was built in 1902 in the Federalist style. The building faces south and is a two story cream colored stucco and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Bay Minette. The south front has a projecting center section with arched roof. The main building is tired. On the roof is a square clock tower with rounded dome.
Built: 1903-04
Added to NRHP*: 1976
*The Winneshiek County Courthouse is a contributing property to the Broadway-Phelps Historic District located in Decorah, IA, which comprises many other buildings including private homes, churches, and other government buildings.
NRHP Asset Detail:
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This is the Logan County Courthouse in Bellefontaine, OH. Their claim to fame is the oldest concrete street in America.
Shot with a Hasselblad 503cw w/ 50mm lens
Trying out my Mavic Air 2 today. A smaller drone that held it's ground, or should I say air, during 15mph winds. Details, at a first glance seem to be there. I'll want to do some more exploration for sure. Nervousness meant that this would be my only shot using the new drone.
A beautiful mountain near Sedona, Arizona. This view of courthouse Butte is from the SW on a hiking trail that leads to the far side of this mountain. The vegetation in the foreground is fierce. It protects itself with hard, sharp thorns of every size and description. Approach with great caution. Many of these plants are quite old as they grow very slowly.
The image is a panorama of two HDR images in Portrait format.
The Culpeper County Courthouse, located in Culpeper, Virginia, was built between 1870 and 1874 and was preceded by two earlier structures, the first dating to 1750. Information from the Virginia Tourism Corporation website.
Also visible to the left is a memorial honoring area residents who served and died in the Vietnam War. Happy Veterans Day tomorrow, with thanks to those who have served.
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Courthouse Towers marks the end of the one mile trail from park ave and is one of the larger stand alone rock faces in the park. Sunny clear skies again :sigh: I did manage to get the sun just peeking out the top to add some interestingness though.
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The Milwaukee County Courthouse is a high-rise municipal building located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Completed in 1931, it is the third county courthouse built in the city and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Situated on the crown of a hill, the building is 174 feet (54m) tall and has eleven floors. The Neo-Classical Revival style of the building was the result of a nationwide design competition, in which architect Albert Randolph Ross with the New York City firm of McKim, Mead, and White was selected out of 33 entries from across the country. It was constructed using Bedford limestone and features architectural details and sculptural decorations with a Beaux-Arts influence, such as a flat roofline, stone owls and lion heads. Masonry was provided by Andres Stone and Marble Company, owner Edgar Andres whose family also helped construct the Library and a local bank which is now the home for the Milwaukee Historical Society.
The NRHP nomination observes, "the most monumental of all Neoclassical courthouses in the state, the Milwaukee County Courthouse is perhaps the apogee of the Neoclassical movement in twentieth century civic architecture in Wisconsin."
While heralded as one of the grandest courthouses in the United States, it was once called a "million dollar rockpile" by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Ellis County Courthouse, Waxahachie, Texas.
Ellis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 149,610. It forms part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is named for Richard Ellis, president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence. The seat of the county is Waxahachie. It was founded in 1849.
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Federal Courthouse, 1st Street, Downtown Los Angeles, California
DTLA PolaWalk 06/10/17
Impossible 600 Color Beta 3.0 02/17 test film
Stephen Steeves with a big ollie over the bench and 3 block at the new courthouse building in Moncton N.B.
Shot with a nikon d70s
2x Nikon sb26
one behind the bench on the right side in the background. The other outside the left frame on the ground. Set off by Pocketwizards.
On the other side of this building is the much more colorful Superman museum in Metropolis, IL. However, instead of focusing on that, I decided to focus on the rear of this fairly innocuous building. The thing that drew me to this building, of all things, are small yellow signs by the doors indicating that this building would serve as a nuclear fallout shelter.
The United States Courthouse in downtown Kansas City. I was coming back from a photo walk of the downtown area when I noticed the sun rising on the Western side of the structure. This is part of a two day entry this week. This image is the front of the building. Tomorrow I will give you a glimpse of the back.
Built: 1767, still in active use.
(Photoshop AI utilized to remove road signs, a minivan, a birdhouse, and a voltage meter)
"The Chowan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Edenton, the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. Built in 1767, it is one of the finest examples of public Georgian architecture in the American South. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
The old Chowan County Courthouse is located in downtown Edenton, at the northwest corner of East King and Court Streets. It is separated from the city waterfront by a one-block park. It is a two-story, T-shaped Georgian style building. It has a one-story semicircular apse at its center rear and features a two-stage wooden cupola with ogival roof surmounted by a tall-weathervane. The interior has a large courtroom on the ground floor, and a ballroom on the second. The building has seen only relatively modest alterations.
Edenton was settled in 1658 and incorporated in 1712, and is counted as the first permanent European settlement in North Carolina. Its first courthouse, built in 1719, was also the seat of the colonial assembly, and was located on the land of the park. This courthouse was commissioned to be built in 1766, and completed in 1767, and its design has been attributed to Gilbert Leigh, who was living in Edenton at the time of its construction. It has also been attributed to John Hawks, who designed Tryon Palace in New Bern, was active in North Carolina at the time. It is the oldest courthouse building in North Carolina.
The courthouse is one of several sites of Historic Edenton. Other historic sites open for tour include the James Iredell House, Roanoke River Light, Barker House, Cupola House and St. Paul's Church." (Wikipedia)
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Hays County Courthouse adorned for Christmas during the daytime in 2015...(to read more, please visit my blog)
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This is The Courthouse, Athy, Co. Kildare. Quite why it warrants an entry in the Irish Tourist Association collection is not clear at all. It is a fine building in the “very curvy style” and I see our old friend Bill Stickers has been very busy on the gable end.
Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer
Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection
Date: Likely May or June 1944.
NLI Ref: NPA ITA 1074 (Box V)
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
The Old Courthouse (officially called the Old St. Louis County Courthouse) was built as a combination federal and state courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri's tallest habitable building from 1864 to 1894, it is now part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and operated by the National Park Service used for historical exhibits and events. The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850. It was also where Virginia Minor's case for a woman's right to vote came to trial in the 1870s.
The information above comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Courthouse_%28St._Louis,_Missou...
www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/och.htm
Here's a straight-ahead shot of the Culpeper County Courthouse, which I took with a vertical perspective, as opposed to the angled horizontal shot already on my photostream.