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Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse

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1936, Charles L. Wignall and Stone and Pitts. 500 Lakeshore Dr.
  • (Photograph by Gerald Moorhead )

Built where the Port Arthur Townsite and Land Company erected the Sabine Hotel, the Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse is a compact, modernistic, three-story block flanked by two-story wings. Set in a small park studded with live oak and palm trees, the courthouse's copper roof transposes the green of surrounding vegetation skyward. The courthouse is such a serene building that it makes visitors aware of how beautiful downtown Port Arthur might be. Next door to the sub-courthouse at 400 Lakeshore Drive is the Port Arthur Municipal Building of 1970 by Moore, Stansbury and Vaught.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

First National Bank Building
Solid Rock Methodist Church (First Methodist Church)
Gates Memorial Library
Port Arthur Independent School District Performing Arts Building (Woodrow Wilson Junior High School)
Pompeian Villa Museum

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse", [Port Arthur, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-OP14.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 383-383.

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