Keywords: The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs, regarded by many as the most beautiful courthouse in Texas LCCN2014633282.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The building's history begins with the completion of a much smaller structure the city jail in 1895 It displayed the Romanesque style popularized by architect Henry Hobson Richardson Twenty days later the county commissioners chose San Antonio architect J Riely Gordon to design and superintend a grand fireproof granite and sandstone courthouse in a style compatible with the jail It features Texas granite exteriors with sandstone trim stones of contrasting colors marble wainscoting tile and stone flooring masonry interiors oak woodwork cast iron stairs and ventilating stairwells Romantic touches such as heads embowered in vines carved below the balconies add flair ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633282 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29000/29082a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29082 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29082 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |