area:
45,000 SF
completed:
March 2001
services provided:
Conditions Analysis
Room by Room Survey
Historical Development
Architectural Development
Rehabilitation Recommendations
Preservation Maintenance Plan
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REFUGIO COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Preservation Master Plan
Refugio, Texas
photo courtesy of
Refugio County
Limbacher & Godfrey served as Historic
Preservation Consultant and
was co-author of the master plan.
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The
Refugio County Courthouse was constructed in 1917, designed by the San
Antonio architectural firm Atlee B. Ayers Architect. The unusual
Prairie School style detailing, not often seen in Texas courthouses,
may have been the work of George Willis, who left Chicago and the firm
of Frank Lloyd Wright in 1910 to join Ayers in his San Antonio
practice. Much of the original detailing was removed in 1951,
when a substantial addition was made to each side of the building to
add jail and office spaces.
As part of the Texas Courthouse Preservation Project, a Historic
Structures Report and Preservation Master Plan was prepared for the
building.
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