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Victoria County Courthouse
The period between 1890 and 1910 is known as the "Golden Age" of Texas courthouse architecture. During this period many courthouses were built in Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, French Second Empire, and Renaissance Revival. You could lump them all into the more commonly called "Victorian Period" architecture.
This courthouse in Victoria, Texas was designed by famed architect J. Riely Gordon. Gordon designed 16 county courthouses during this period, 12 still remain standing.
In 2011 I visited Anderson, Texas with a fellow photographer just going to photograph whatever we found. I found this neat old Grimes County courthouse built in 1893. I soon started photographing county courthouses. At first I was only going to photograph the ones around Houston, where I live. That did not satisfy me. I decided to photograph all 254 Texas county courthouses. It took four years and 34,600 miles driven. All of my photographs I have donated to the Texas Historical Commission in Austin, TX. They now have a photographic record of every courthouse in Texas.
https://birdshooter.smugmug.com/TexasCourthouses
The above link is to all 254 county courthouses. I have photographed the exterior as well as most of the interior of the ones I could get inside.
What does Romanesque Revival look like? arched windows, arched doorways, circular towers. If it looks like a castle, it's probably Romanesque revival.
Bruno Suignard
on October 20, 2018beautiful church!!
Rick Willis
on October 10, 2018Excellent "R"...
KDP450
on October 6, 2018Impressive piece of architecture.
arctangent
on October 1, 2018👍❤✔😊 (hope to leave custom comments by tomorrow; not this copied pasted one - sore hand - sorry) - I got your 'note' - thanks - Elizabeth
Greg&Rose Photography
on October 1, 2018Super r
John (300m)
on October 1, 2018very lovely R shot!
Gene Hyder
on September 30, 2018Outstanding shot.
Judith Sparhawk
on September 30, 2018Beautiful architecture in this RR image. Amazing that you took on the project--great.
Lgood
on September 30, 2018Yes, that's one of the most interesting and lovely courthouses in Texas. My husband and I have long talked about photographing all of the courthouses in Texas, and we've done a few, but we haven't really concentrated on making a journey out of it. I'm so impressed that you 1) got all of them including interiors, and 2) that you donated the photos ot the Historical Commission. Really wonderful and selfless act on your part. BRAVO!!!!
fotoeffects
on September 30, 2018Beautiful "R" and I'm guessing this will be one of the most unique "R"s of the day!