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| Author | : Mavis P. Kelsey |
| Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2007-03-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1585445495 |
A county courthouse stands not only as the center of government, but also as the center of civic pride. Some with stately towers and arched doors or windows, some with high brick chimneys and mansard roofs, some in modern concrete and glass, the 254 courthouses of Texas provide an invitation to public life, a testament to the ideal of justice, and an introduction to period architecture. It is no wonder, then, that many tourists each year visit these edifices. This new edition of a classic, indispensable, full-color guide—a true collector’s item for Texas history fans—will help travelers choose which courthouses they want to add to their trips and view them knowledgeably. For each county a color photograph pictures the courthouse and an account sketches the sequence of the seats of government, the location and style of the current building, and tidbits of fascinating lore about county and county seat names and history. Courthouses and the “squares” around many of them offer a bonanza for history buffs, antique collectors, genealogists, architecture enthusiasts, and photographers. Many of them house or are near local history museums, and many display historical markers that introduce the area to visitors. Especially in many smaller county seats, the courthouse square offers a genre scene of a special moment in Texas’ life. Included in this updated edition are the latest views of some of Texas’ most historic and architecturally significant courthouses, including those restored under the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Courthouse Preservation Program. For all those who plan their travels to see courthouses, and all those who in their travels for other reasons enjoy detours into the heritage and pride of a people, this beautiful and informative book opens the way.
| Author | : Mavis P. Kelsey, Sr |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781585443253 |
| Author | : Michael A. Andrews |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Courthouses |
| ISBN | : 9781931721745 |
Historic Texas Courthouses gives attention to 100 landmark courthouses in Texas.
| Author | : Oliver P. Williams |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780811727389 |
"A guide to Pennsylvania's 67 county courthouses, with information on each building's history, architectural style, and symbolic features."--
| Author | : Mark Dunn |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2021-10-21 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781623499785 |
From 1983 to 1987, author Mark Dunn worked as a court clerk for a justice of the peace in Travis County, Texas, where, he says, "I learned more about human nature . . . than I could have learned in any other job I might have taken up as a bushy-tailed kid from Tennessee." Based on interviews with 200 justices of the peace from all parts of Texas, Texas People's Court promises to take readers on a tour of what it means to be a Texas justice of the peace: an experience that is by turns hilarious, sobering, heart-wrenching, and, from one end to the other, fascinating. Here in the Texas justice court, wrongs can be righted and lives changed in profound ways. A priceless family necklace might finally be restored to the rightful owner; an occupational driver's license fortuitously granted. A death inquest may become an opportunity for family reflection and valediction, with the attending judge as sympathetic witness. In each of its chapters, Texas People's Court takes up a different aspect, duty, or area of thought related to the profession of justice of the peace taken from conversations with JPs throughout the state of Texas--from those who serve in its most populous municipalities to rural county JPs--putting a human face on the responsibilities, attitudes, and perspectives that motivate their judgments. The result is a thoroughly entertaining, sympathetic view of what Dunn calls "the day-to-day observation of human conflict in microcosm."
| Author | : Chris Meister |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
"Describes, analyzes, and contextualizes the courthouses and other public buildings of James Riely Gordon, an architect working in Texas in the late nineteenth century who went on to establish his reputation at a national level. Includes photographs and illustrations"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Eric A. Hanushek |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2009-04-27 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1400830257 |
Improving public schools through performance-based funding Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the United States now spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. Yet American students still achieve less than their foreign counterparts, their performance has been flat for decades, millions of them are failing, and poor and minority students remain far behind their more advantaged peers. In this book, Eric Hanushek and Alfred Lindseth trace the history of reform efforts and conclude that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement. Instead, Hanushek and Lindseth propose a new approach: a performance-based system that directly links funding to success in raising student achievement. This system would empower and motivate educators to make better, more cost-effective decisions about how to run their schools, ultimately leading to improved student performance. Hanushek and Lindseth have been important participants in the school funding debate for three decades. Here, they draw on their experience, as well as the best available research and data, to show why improving schools will require overhauling the way financing, incentives, and accountability work in public education.
| Author | : Randolph Benton Marcy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 472 |
| Release | : 1853 |
| Genre | : America |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Brantley Hightower |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2015-04-15 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0292762968 |
The county courthouse has long held a central place on the Texas landscape—literally, as the center of the town in which it is located, and figuratively, as the symbol of governmental authority. As a county’s most important public building, the courthouse makes an architectural statement about a community’s prosperity and aspirations—or the lack of them. Thus, a study of county courthouses tells a compelling story about how society’s relationships with public buildings and government have radically changed over the course of time, as well as how architectural tastes have evolved through the decades. A first of its kind, The Courthouses of Central Texas offers an in-depth, comparative architectural survey of fifty county courthouses, which serve as a representative sample of larger trends at play throughout the rest of the state. Each courthouse is represented by a description, with information about date(s) of construction and architects, along with a historical photograph, a site plan of its orientation and courthouse square, and two- and sometimes three-dimensional drawings of its facade with modifications over time. Side-by-side drawings and plans also facilitate comparisons between courthouses. These consistently scaled and formatted architectural drawings, which Brantley Hightower spent years creating, allow for direct comparisons in ways never before possible. He also explains the courthouses’ formal development by placing them in their historical and social context, which illuminates the power and importance of these structures in the history of Texas, as well as their enduring relevance today.
| Author | : Gerald Moorhead |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780813932552 |
"This book, the first of two volumes devoted to the Lone Star State, covers the central, southern, and Gulf Coast region (the earliest areas of Spanish and Anglo settlement and the majority of the counties that won independence from Mexico in 1836) and includes four major cities--Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and San Antonio."--Publisher's description.
