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U.S. Courthouse

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2007, Page Southerland Page. 2450 TX 118

Situated on the northern outskirts of Alpine, the concrete and steel-framed courthouse is clad with red Pecos sandstone. The one- and two-story building with a three-story round corner tower is organized around an internal patio ringed by portales. The forms appear to draw inspiration from Milton Faver’s Fortín del Cíbolo (FV19) and Rhotenberry Wellen’s McDonald Observatory Visitors Center (FV34). Lawrence W. Speck of the Page firm put his regionalist sensibility to work here to shape a modern institutional building that is not only materially of its place, but also environmentally. Climatically appropriate planting complements the courthouse’s austere geometry and texture.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Nolte-Rooney House
First Baptist Church of Alpine
Brewster County Courthouse
Brewster County Appraisal District (U.S. Post Office)
Holland Hotel

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "U.S. Courthouse", [Alpine, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-FV13.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 440-440.

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