Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona. Built 1902, designed by Oscar Ruffini.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5687/
Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5690/
Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona, historic plaque
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: "Crockett County Courthouse, built 1902. Second courthouse for county. American Gothic architecture, planned by Oscar Ruffini, San Angelo. Material is fine stone quarried nearby on Meyer and Couch Properties. Cost $30,000. Early day community social center. Used for cowboy dances, box suppers, Christmas trees, roundup celebrations. In 1909 Arc light was added to steeple to signal sheriff and guide travelers to town. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966."
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5685/
Crockett County Museum, side view
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Crockett County Museum
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5686/
Crockett Memorial, Ozona. "Be sure you are right, then go ahead."
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Crockett Memorial, Ozona. "Be sure you are right, then go ahead."
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5689/
Crockett Memorial, Ozona, plaque
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: "William Mozart McVey. 1905-1995. A versatile sculptor of people, animals, birds and religious symbols, McVey attended the University of Texas and taught art there and at Rice University. He played football at Rice under the legendary coach John Heisman in 1924. McVey studied and taught at Cranbrook Art Institute, graduated from the Cleveland Art Institute, was a U. S. Air Force Major in World War II and taught plane and ship silhouette recognition to allied forces. Outstanding sculptures include: Winston Churchill, British Embassy, Washington D.C.; the frieze at the base of the San Jacinto Monument, Houston; James Bowie, Texarkana, Texas; bronze doors, University of Texas Memorial Museum, Austin; bronze doors, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. and sculptured niches, National Cathedral, Washington D.C. This Art Deco style sculpture of David Crockett, hero of the Alamo, was done in 1938."
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5688/
Gazebo on courthouse grounds, Ozona
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Gazebo on courthouse grounds, Ozona
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5694/
Ozona High School Auditorium
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Ozona High School Auditorium, built 1931.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5695/
Ozona Junior High School, historic plaque
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: "Ozona Junior High School. The first permanent school building in Ozona; constructed of native limestone in 1910-12, when Ozona was only 21 years old. The heating and ventilating system, never before used in the state when installed here, is still in operation daily. County school superintendent and judge, C. E. Davidson, was the general foreman of construction. Walter Kyle Oversaw stonework. Building was financed by sale of $75,000 of long-term bonds. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968."
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5697/
Ozona Junior High School, side view
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Ozona Junior High School
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5696/