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Stamford City Hall

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1918, David S. Castle Co. 201 E. McHarg St.

This two-story, red brick, classical building exerts a strong civic presence on the public square and spatially holds its corner site. The facade consists of four monumental engaged Ionic columns of stone supporting a stone architrave that extends around the side elevation. A shallow brick frieze gives way to a stone cornice with a brick parapet and a stone cap above. The three first-floor openings on the front are framed with pediments on consoles: triangular over the door and segmental-arched over the flanking windows. The City Hall is one of Abilene architect Castle’s earliest works after starting in private practice in 1914, and it reveals his knowledge of the classical orders.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Swenson Land and Cattle Company Building
U.S. Post Office
St. John’s Methodist Church
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Stamford City Hall", [Stamford, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SB4.

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, 299-299.

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