| Title |
Upshur County Courthouse (1933) |
| County |
Upshur |
| City |
Gilmer |
| Address |
100 W. Tyler, Gilmer TX 75644 |
| Zip |
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| Current Use |
Active Courthouse |
| Owner |
County |
| Service Dates |
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| Constructed |
1933 |
| Architect |
Elmer George Withers |
| Contractor |
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| Style |
Moderne |
| Square Feet |
32460 |
| RTHL Note |
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| RTHL |
No |
| SAL Note |
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| SAL |
No |
| NR District |
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| NR Note |
no |
| NR |
Yes |
| HD Eligible |
No |
| Description |
Designed in a Classical Moderne style and clad in a tan or buff brick veneer with a limestone base and water table. It is a five-story building in an elongated "H" plan with geometric, stepped masses and rather spare ornamentation. Monumental stairs lead to central entrance bays on the north and south elevations; these connect to meet a five-story central volume, which is flanked by two-story wings on a raised basement. The building's minimal exterior ornamentation includes delicately fluted limestone spandrel panels beneath its stacks of bi-fold steel windows, suggesting classical columns. |
| Modifications |
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| Deed Covenant Expiration |
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| Federal Grant Project |
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| Federal Grant Year |
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| State Grant Project |
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| State Grant Amount |
0 |
| State Grant Year |
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| Historic Structure Report Date |
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| Historic Structure Report Author |
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| Master Plan Date |
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| Master Plan Author |
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| Historic American Buildings Survey |
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| County Population (1995) |
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| Easement |
Easement |
| Easement Executed |
11/15/2010 |
| Easement Expiration |
perpetuity |
| Master Plan |
Yes |
| Architect Firm |
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| Bibliography |
Early Modernistic County Courthouses of the State of Texas, A Reflection on the Style of Art Deco, by Ronald Mark Clements, thesis, UT, 1994 |
| Construction Docs |
commissioner's court minutes (THCPP MP - copy) |
| Interior Images |
Jail 1945 ABT THCPP Upsure CCH Master Plan |
