[Lamar County Courthouse in Paris, TX]

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Photograph of Lamar County Courthouse in Paris, TX. An intersection of dark paved roads occupies the bottom of the photo while a white car parks at the curb of a sidewalk running along the far side of the roads and around the edge of the courthouse. To the left of the sidewalk's corner is a yellow and red fire hydrant while to the right is a sign pointing to the right along with the text "One way". A person walks up the right half of the sidewalk towards the "One way" sign. The courthouse's yellow lawn is enclosed by a … continued below

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. February 1975.

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Photograph of Lamar County Courthouse in Paris, TX. An intersection of dark paved roads occupies the bottom of the photo while a white car parks at the curb of a sidewalk running along the far side of the roads and around the edge of the courthouse. To the left of the sidewalk's corner is a yellow and red fire hydrant while to the right is a sign pointing to the right along with the text "One way". A person walks up the right half of the sidewalk towards the "One way" sign. The courthouse's yellow lawn is enclosed by a curb and is planted with short green bushes and two leafless trees that occupy the open corner of the lawn next to the sidewalk corner. In this part of the lawn, behind one of the trees, is a dark statue of a person standing on a tall white base with dark busts of other people above its bottom edge, one on each side of the base. Farther in the background, next to the second leafless tree, is a short stone slab with a dark rectangle, plus what may be an eagle motif, on its surface. The courthouse building itself is made of orange-brown stone bricks and includes two rectangular sections, one large with four floors and the other small with only two floors. The smaller section sits both closer to the camera and nearer the left road of the intersection and has two rows of tall windows across its walls. The side of the taller section of the courthouse facing the camera has five rows of windows across its side, with the bottommost row consisting of smaller windows set just above the ground. The front side of the section faces the right edge of the photo and contains the entrance to the courthouse, which includes a short set of stairs leading up to a flat stone overhang supported by three archways and columns. Sitting in the wall above the overhang are five visible columns that extend from the bottom of the second floor to the top of the fourth floor. The top edge of the roof is decorated with patterned lines carved from stone. Both of the courthouse's sections have flat roofs though only the taller section has a flagpole on its roof, flying the American and Texas flags.

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Historical Collection (U0663), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[Lamar County Courthouse in Paris, TX], photograph, February 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1940691/: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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