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This image of Courthouse Butte was taken from the side of Bell Rock. As I approached Bell Rock - It is shaped like a bell - I could here a flute. Eventually I noticed a man on a ledge, high up on Bell Rock who was playing a flute. It was a large wooden flute, typical of this area, and he was playing a haunting, melodious melody. During my week stay in Sedona, I often heard and/or saw this type of instrument being played. Beautiful sound.
I arrived at the spot from which I took this photo and I just laird on the rock. Temperatures were mild, no wind, lots of sunshine and the only sound was that of the flute. A magical moment.
This magnificent courthouse was built in the early 20th century and was in use till 2009. The building has one of the most beautiful staircases. Besides that there is not that much to see.
The workers are almost finished in demolishing this historical building unfortunately...
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This is the Jefferson County Courthouse in downtown Charles Town, West Virginia. The abolitionist John Brown was tried here after his failed slave revolt in 1859; he was hung nearby after his conviction. This is perhaps the final spark that started the American Civil War. William Blizzard, the coal miner union leader, was tried and acquitted here in 1922. He led the miners on a strike that turned bloody after strike busters attacked the strikers. Charles Town was founded in 1786 by Charles Washington, the youngest brother of George Washington.
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The Wayne County Courthouse in Wayne, Nebraska, is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style historic courthouse that was built in 1899. It is a 70-by-80-foot building located in the center of a 4-acre square amidst, somewhat unexpectedly, a residential neighborhood. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Its cornerstone indicates that it was designed by Minneapolis architects Orff & Guilbert, but it seems to have been wholly designed by Fremont D. Orff (1856–1914) alone, and it was built by Omaha contractors Rowles & Moore.
The former Abram-Village Courthouse in Saint-Timothee, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Formerly located in Abram-Village, it was moved about 5 minutes down the road to Saint-Timothee sometime after June 2016.
Stairway of the old Crawford County Courthouse in Knoxville, Georgia.
Even though Knoxville is the country seat of Crawford County, it is unincorporated and only has a population of 65.
Knoxville is the birthplace of John Stith Pemberton, the inventor of Coca Cola.
Coweta County Courthouse in downtown Newnan, Georgia. Coweta County is proud to display the 1904 Neoclassical Revival architecture of our historic courthouse. The structure reflects the Italian influence of architect Andrea Palladro in its central crossing plan and English architect Christopher Wrenn in its symmetrical classicism. Traditionally, cornices and pediments of stone were used, but stamped and formed copper were used, as well.
The most interesting feature is the dome, reminiscent of the famed Gibbs Radcliff Library. Rising more than 100 feet above the court square, it features clocks on all four sides. The dome is covered with copper to match the cornice, pediment and railings.
The architect was James Golucke, the son of a German immigrant who settled in Georgia. The courtroom is used by the Probate Court during the week.
Arguably the most beautiful courthouse in Texas, stands proud in the town square of Waxahachie Texas.
Lockhart, TX
Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,066. Its county seat is Lockhart. The county was founded in 1848 and was named after Mathew Caldwell, a ranger captain who fought in the Battle of Plum Creek against the Comanches and against Santa Anna's armies during the Texas Revolution. Caldwell was also a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Caldwell County is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
The current Caldwell County Courthouse was built in 1893-1894. There is debate as to whether the design was by San Antonio architect Alfred Giles or Henri E. M. Guindon, who worked for Giles but not during the time the plans were sold to Caldwell County. The design is Second Empire-style architecture. The cornerstone was laid on August 15, 1893 and the county commissioners received the building on March 19, 1894. The walls are built of rusticated masonry and cream colored limestone and trimmed with red sandstone specified to be from Muldoon, Texas. In 1969 the building received air conditioning and had an elevator installed. Major restoration in 2000 brought the courthouse back to its historic appearance. The courthouse was rededicated in April 2000.
Source: Wikipedia
Built in 1908 in the Beaux Arts style, the Brown County Courthouse faces east and is a three story buff colored brick and stone structure. The building is constructed of Marquette raindrop stone with Bedford limestone superstructure and a gray colored granite base. On the center of the roof is a copper covered dome and clock tower containing an original Seth Thomas clock. The building was designed by architect Charles E Bell who also designed many courthouses in the United States and also the State Capitols of Montana and South Dakota.
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Of the many historic buildings erected in Harlem around the turn of the Century and still extant, the Harlem Courthouse is one of the most significant and impressive. Begun in 1891 and completed in 1893, it is handsomely picturesque. Essentially Romanesque Revival in style with romantic Victorian Gothic overtones, the building achieves much of its beauty by a judicious use of colored brick, stone and terra-cotta, producing a play of architectural shapes and forms of striking effect.
The north and west elevations are almost symmetrical and lead up to an imposing corner tower at the intersection of East 121st Street and Sylvan Place. This round tower is surmounted by a most interesting octagonal belfry rising considerably above the main mass of the four-storied structure. Each side of the octagonal section is crowned by a steep gable, consisting of a semi-circular arch enclosing a decorated panel enframed with moldings and flanked by slender engaged columns.
Two of the arches enframe clocks; the others are circular windows. The columns consisting of engaged shafts with capitals and bases rest on the ledge of the cornice which is enriched by small curved projections above massive corbels. Perched on each side of the eight capitals, in the form of a gargoyle, is a handsomely carved animal's head. Rising above this unusual octagonal architectural composition and unifying these elements is a low copper covered spire.
Of particular interest in the north elevation is the main entrance set in a rusticated all granite base. The double doors are set within a graceful archway supported by free standing columns flanked by wide, banded pilasters. The spandrels of the arch are decorated with carved figures of cherubs holding scrolls.
The frieze of the entablature displays foliate ornament, and its classic cornice is surmounted by a low balustrade.
The dominant feature of both the north and west facades is a five story gabled section which projects slightly forward from the rest of the elevation. Centered in each of these sections at ground floor level is a truck entrance with handsome panelled doors. These doorways are framed symmetrically by large rectangular windows with metal grilles.
Above them on the second floor and resting on a wide band course are four arched windows set in deep reveals and separated by banded pilasters with engaged column shafts. The third floor or courtroom level above them is emphasized by large two-story arched windows flanked by narrow-arched windows. All of these windows are separated by handsome pilasters and columns shafts, and the three arches are crowned by handsomely enriched moldings.
These window units rest on a wide horizontal band course containing a row of fluted brackets. Steep gables, topped with bold finials, crown these forward-projected sections and rise above the steep roof with attic dormers.
Throughout the building the red brick with its water struck finish contrasts pleasingly with the bluestone band courses accenting the principal story heights. The drip moldings over the arches of the other windows, the decorative terra-cotta panels set in the walls, and the copper roof all lend contrast to the building and contribute to its impressive quality.
The Harlem Courthouse housed one of the many Municipal and Police Magistrates Courts that once existed in our City.
Its function as a courthouse was terminated in 1961, under the court merger program of 1962. Once known as the Fifth District Prison, in the City organization, it had temporary detention facilities to hold prisoners while in transit to other jails and for the retention of material witnesses who were held while a trial was in session. This building is now occupied by units of the Department of Air Pollution Control, the Sanitation Department and the Parole Board. Its history covers an interesting sequence of uses changing from one City agency to another.
- From the 1967 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report
The Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals is part of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals here in Pasadena, California. The link below provides information on the building and its history.
Day 339 of my 366 Project
Moniteau County Courthouse in California, Missouri by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM3 camera with a Canon TS-E17mm f/4L lens at ƒ/11.0 with a 1/80-second exposure at ISO 50. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Explore #430 This old courthouse has been turned into a local history museum featuring displays relating to the town's history, people and mining history. I am not sure if they have information relating to the cloudage of the area but I can check if you are interested lol :)))
This is another from my "in search of cloudage tour" and there are a few more to come so you will just have to grin and bear it lol :)
I really have a strong need to go ring this bell here, not sure why, so do you think the bell is to tell the town court is in session? Maybe it is the teacher in me coming out, but it definitely needs ringing lol
So it is Monday here and I am rip raring to go back to bed really lol But anyway,, have a great Sunday if you are there ..Monday if you are not and take the time to smile ;) Car
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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 beautiful Greenspond Courthouse, in the community of Greenspond, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Built between 1899-1901.
Greenspond Courthouse is a wooden two-storey courthouse built in the Second Empire Style. Designed by architect William Henry Churchill, the courthouse sits atop a hill overlooking Greenspond Harbour and Bonavista Bay.
Greenspond Courthouse has been designated a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador for its aesthetic and historic value.
Greenspond Courthouse has aesthetic value as it is a good example of an early 20th century government building in the Second Empire Style – a style that was popular for government buildings in Newfoundland during this time. The mansard roof, dormer windows and tower are particularly good indicators of the style. Greenspond Courthouse is a sturdy wooden building utilizing traditional materials and stands as a testament to the quality of both materials and craftsmanship during this time period. The layout of the interior of the courthouse is also well preserved including the courtroom and the living area on the upper floor.
Greenspond Courthouse also has aesthetic value for its association with architect William Henry Churchill. Churchill was Superintendent of Public Buildings in the early 1900s and was known for using the Second Empire style in many of his designs.
Greenspond Courthouse has further aesthetic value due to its environmental setting. Its location on a hill overlooking Greenspond Harbour reinforces the importance of the courthouse in the community. The Greenspond Courthouse is a landmark in the community, being highly visible from both land and sea.
Greenspond Courthouse has historic value due to its connection to judicial activities both in the community of Greenspond and in the greater Bonavista North area. The cornerstone was laid in 1899 and construction continued for two years. The Courthouse served as the centre of all judicial activities in the area during the early part of the 20th century. Today Greenspond Courthouse is one of a few remaining early 20th century courthouses in the province. It has served a number of functions during its history, including its use as a courthouse and as a home for the jailer and his family. Furthermore, Greenspond Courthouse also served as a morgue when there were shipwrecks.
Character Defining Elements
All those elements that are representative of the Second Empire style, including:
-number of storeys;
-mansard roof;
-wooden roof shingles;
-style and placement of chimneys;
-eave brackets;
-tower topped with a dome and cresting;
-pediments above second storey windows in tower;
-narrow wooden clapboard;
-corner boards;
-placement and style of pedimented dormers;
-size, style, trim and placement of dormer windows;
-window size, style, trim and placement;
-size, style, trim and placement of exterior doors;
-interior fixtures including period doors, staircases, wainscoting, mantels and trim work;
-building size, massing, height and dimensions, and;
-location, orientation and visibility of building.
All those interior features related to the building's historic use as a courthouse and jailer's residence, including:
-layout of the interior of the courthouse and ceiling heights;
-courtroom area and period fixtures including bench, bar and witness box;
-original living area on the upper floor, and;
-original jail fixtures, doors and hardware.
Source: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador property file “Greenspond - Courthouse – FPT 1839”
The beautiful courthouse in my home town.
I am leaving Colorado after having lived here since 1975. Things are just getting too expensive here and it's getting too crowded.
I'm heading back to where I grew up. 20 miles from where I grew up anyway. I just need to go somewhere quiet and peaceful for a bit of time. There will be a lot that I will miss. Many restaurant choices, having a lot of grocery stores to shop at. Live music. BUT- I think it will work out just fine.
Kansas City and Omaha aren't terribly far, so if I need a 'city fix' I can head there for a weekend.
I'm looking forward to spending time exploring the midwest for a change.
Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Taken with Nikon F100 film camera on fujifilm and Tokina 11-16 lens. Scanned with epson v600 scanner
When I grow up, I want to be just like that tree - taller than Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock. (View from Slim Shady Trail in Sedona.)
"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
The Polk County Courthouse in Osceola, Nebraska, is a Beaux Arts-style building designed by architect William F. Gernandt. It was built in 1921-22 and is located on the Courthouse Square in Osceola. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
It is a two-story courthouse building on a raised basement, about 98 by 68 feet in plan, with entrances on north and south facades. Its National Register nomination describes it as "a tour de force of classically inspired ornamentation rendered in creamcolored terra cotta and contrasting tan-grey brick. A variety of rich classical detail, immense columns, pronounced cornice, and rusticated basement are hallmarks of the Beaux Arts Style exhibited on the building. In particular, the terra cotta detail is a visual delight. Acroteria and rosettes march along the top of the projecting cornice, with consoles in an acanthus pattern and an egg-and-dart course below. Shields, della Robbia wreaths, swags, and geometric patterns further adorn the facade."
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.......
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.