The Courthouse Square in Texas

With its dignified courthouse set among shade trees and lawns dotted with monuments to prominent citizens and fallen veterans, the courthouse square remains the civic center in a majority of the county seats of Texas. Yet the squares themselves vary in form and layout, reflecting the different town-...

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City and town life Texas History
City planning - Texas - History
City planning Texas History
Courthouses Texas Design and construction History
Human geography Texas
Plazas Texas Design and construction History
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Human geography Texas
Plazas Texas Design and construction History
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