That is quite an imposing structure.  It also worked out nicely: lots of ambient light for photography, monuments on the grounds.  Overall a good experience.  Quick, too.  The cache was a little magnetic doodad attached to an AC condenser at a convenience store.  It was a total park and grab, but it’s also a popular … Continue reading 628. Morrilton, Conway County (AR47) →

This is a little different for Arkansas if memory serves, but hardly avant garde or anything.  It’s a nice little stucco number that seems more in place in West Texas or New Mexico than here.  It also had a few monuments, but I didn’t photograph them.  That said, for once a badly placed tree worked … Continue reading 627. Perryville, Perry County (AR46) →

Not a bad courthouse, wouldn’t you agree?  With all the praise I give to my phone camera, I found a flaw in the camera for the first time.  Notice how the bright light in the doorway is saturating the entire entrance area?  Note also the reflection of the same light above the courthouse?  It’s a … Continue reading 626. Rison, Cleveland County (AR45) →

Welcome back to scenic Arkansas, folks.  So, I've been planning a bigger trip to Arkansas because it’s been taunting me and I wanted to get it finished, making it state number five completed.  I found myself with a small publishing hole between the end of my trip to Kansas and Missouri, and my upcoming trip … Continue reading 625. Fordyce, Dallas County (AR44) →

On one level, it loses points because it looks a lot like Greenwood County.  On another level, it has a giant map like back in Ashland all that time ago!  That’s definitely worth extra points!  Overall, it gets slightly more than a meh from me, I guess.  It was the 60’s after all.  That said, … Continue reading 624. Winfield, Cowley County (KS077) →

Well, while the material theme continues, the architectural theme seems to have switched up a bit.  Something Palladian looking (maybe) in stone and brick?  Not bad.  Not bad at all.  Especially for a smaller town like this.  Yes, I know I’ve mentioned on a few occasions and even recently that sometimes the most interesting courthouses … Continue reading 623. Sedan, Chautauqua County (KS076) →

The brick wasn’t red, but I saw a theme continuing from the courthouse perspective.  Other than that, I got nuthin’.  That said, this was also the point where I realized that my travel weariness had finally caught up to me in a more serious sense (at least for this trip).  I noticed while I was … Continue reading 622. Howard, Elk County (KS075) →

Well, it was the 70’s.  Or maybe it was the 60’s.  I’m not entirely sure, but whenever it was, it wasn’t great.  That’s not to say that the entire aesthetic doesn’t work, because it does.  It’s not a bad looking courthouse.  It’s just that the architectural style of it is basically proto-office building.  One day … Continue reading 621. Eureka, Greenwood County (KS074) →

Another nice red brick courthouse with square tower, completely unlike back in Burlington, but quite reminiscent of Garnett.  It was quiet and just starting to warm up so I ditched my sweater before walking around.  The war memorial was similar to Coffey County, but smaller.  Other than that, the similarities ended.  Unfortunately, there was little … Continue reading 620. Yates Center, Woodson County (KS073) →

Meh.  Decidedly meh.  I mean, it was the 60’s so what can you expect?  It’s not terrible, I guess.  Credit where credit is due, the little sculpture frieze of blindfolded Justice is actually kind of interesting.  That said, I’m not especially impressed.  Then again, I am coming to the end of this trip, and perhaps … Continue reading 619. Burlington, Coffey County (KS072) →