[Upshur County Courthouse in Gilmer, TX]

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Photograph of Upshur County Courthouse in Gilmer, TX. A sidewalk lined with parking meters separates the green lawn of the courthouse from a dark brick road on which a yellow car drives, partially appearing in the bottom right corner of the photo. A telephone pole and a streetlight sit in the left edge of the courthouse's lawn while bushes and tall trees sits behind them and on the right edge of the lawn. A short set of stairs mostly obscured by grass sits in the right edge of the lawn and leads from the brick road. through the lawn. and … continued below

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. June 1975.

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Photograph of Upshur County Courthouse in Gilmer, TX. A sidewalk lined with parking meters separates the green lawn of the courthouse from a dark brick road on which a yellow car drives, partially appearing in the bottom right corner of the photo. A telephone pole and a streetlight sit in the left edge of the courthouse's lawn while bushes and tall trees sits behind them and on the right edge of the lawn. A short set of stairs mostly obscured by grass sits in the right edge of the lawn and leads from the brick road. through the lawn. and up to a large patch of brown dirt. At the top of the dirt is the courthouse, a building made consisting of multiple rectangular sections made with orange bricks and accented with white stone. The entryway to the building is one section and has three archways leading to the front doors of the building, with "Upshur County Court House" written above the arches. This section has one row of windows across its width. Two additional sections sit on either end of the entryway and rise taller than it, accommodating two rows of windows across their widths. A third section sits between them and behind the entryway, with two visible rows of windows. A fourth and final section sits on top of the third, smaller in width and length as well as rising to a shorter height. A short chimney rises from the roof of the fourth section, which has a flat top like the roofs of the other sections.

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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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  • June 1975

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[Upshur County Courthouse in Gilmer, TX], photograph, June 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1940638/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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