Tom Green County Courthouse

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Tom Green County Courthouse
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Tom Green County Courthouse in 2019
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Tom Green County Courthouse
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Tom Green County Courthouse
Location100 W. Beauregard Ave.,
San Angelo, Texas
Coordinates 31°27′45″N100°26′22″W / 31.46250°N 100.43944°W / 31.46250; -100.43944 (Tom Green County Courthouse)
Arealess than one acre
Built1928
Built byP.O'B. Montgomery
Architect Anton Korn
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS San Angelo MRA
NRHP reference No. 88002555 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1988

The Tom Green County Courthouse, at 100 W. Beauregard Ave. in San Angelo, Texas, is a Classical Revival courthouse with a monumental Corinthian column colonnades on two facades which was designed by architect Anton Korn and was built in 1928. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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It has a full entablature and a high roof parapet. A curtain wall of glazed glass behind the columns provides contrast. [2]

It was listed on the National Register as part of the San Angelo Multiple Resources study. [3]

The J. B. Blakeney House, also in San Angelo and designed by Anton Korn, was also listed on the National Register as part of that study. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Katherine Livingston (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tom Green County Courthouse" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved August 16, 2018. Also available from National Archives. This includes selected pages from larger Historic Resources of San Angelo study. Includes photo from 1985.
  3. Katherine Livingston (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of San Angelo" (PDF). National Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2021. Omits photos. (Downloading may be slow.)
  4. Katherine Livingston (August 1988). National Register of Historic Places Registration: J. B. Blakeney House. National Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2021. This includes selected pages from larger Historic Resources of San Angelo study. Includes photo from 1985 and acceptance note.

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