[Rockwall County Courthouse in Rockwall, TX]

One of 122 photographs in the series: Texas County Courthouses available on this site.

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Photograph of Rockwall County Courthouse in Rockwall, TX. A paved parking lot sits in front of the courthouse with multiple cars and trucks occupying it, slightly obscuring the small lawn surrounding the building. The courthouse is constructed by off-white bricks and has a short set of stairs leading up to the windowed doors of the building. Across the walls of the courthouse are two rows of tall windows spaced a handful of feet apart from one another. In the center of the flat top of the building is another, short section with a single row of windows across its sides. … 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 Rockwall County Courthouse in Rockwall, TX. A paved parking lot sits in front of the courthouse with multiple cars and trucks occupying it, slightly obscuring the small lawn surrounding the building. The courthouse is constructed by off-white bricks and has a short set of stairs leading up to the windowed doors of the building. Across the walls of the courthouse are two rows of tall windows spaced a handful of feet apart from one another. In the center of the flat top of the building is another, short section with a single row of windows across its sides. This part of the courthouse is also made up by off-white bricks and has a flat roof. Two tall, thin metal structures rise from the top of the courthouse along as thin powerlines crisscross the sky around them.

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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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  • February 1975

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  • June 8, 2022, 1:11 p.m.

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  • Nov. 18, 2022, 2:42 p.m.

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[Rockwall County Courthouse in Rockwall, TX], photograph, February 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1940620/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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