Look at all that brick... I'm OK with this courthouse. Especially the clock tower. I find I'm beginning to enjoy them as an architectural feature. It's strange to me that one would even have favorite architectural features, much less that I would begin to develop them. And it seems I am beginning to do just … Continue reading 392. Arkadelphia, Clark County (AR18) →

So, for both posterity and two people who didn't read about it already, I got interviewed by Groundspeak. If you already read it, this is nothing new. Heck, it may well be what brought you here in the first place. But if you didn't, you might find it interesting. You may even enjoy it! But … Continue reading Here It Is 2: Electric Boogaloo! →

Welcome back to scenic Arkansas. I must admit that I felt a little bit cheated on the way here because I didn't get that lovely British voice saying "Welcome to Arkansas." I also got here pretty late/early (depending on your perspective), so I decided to go ahead and see if I could get some photography … Continue reading 391. Prescott, Nevada County (AR17) →

My white whale has been met and bested! I've planned three trips here and all of them had to be discarded for various reasons. Having to come here in concert with finishing the rest of the state would have created a giant complication no matter how I could plan it. From a nomenclature perspective, it's … Continue reading 390. Cameron, Cameron Parish (LA44) →

As we pulled up to the courthouse, my youngest asked "Is this a courthouse? I thought it was a school!" I think that kind of says everything about what I think about this courthouse. Of course, for those of you who might prefer the more festive version of the courthouse... This is not my first … Continue reading 389. Idabel, McCurtain County (OK21) →

This, my friends, is a very handsome courthouse. It feels solid and almost radiates an aura of safety. Of course, I have an odd perspective on these so please don't fret about any residual radiation that may not actually exist anywhere other than my addled brain. It looks like a wonder of the WPA, but … Continue reading 388. Hugo, Choctaw County (OK20) →

Nice courthouse... Very reminiscent of the Panhandle. But I am also pretty worn out at this point. I like to jet around from place to place and see the world (or at least a few new corners of it) from time to time, but I often find myself hampered by two things. First, I often … Continue reading 387. Waurika, Jefferson County (OK19) →

This courthouse looks a little like what Lakin's courthouse looked like. Not exactly, obviously considering this one has three floors and the other only has two. And, of course, the quotation on the law enforcement memorial... ...definitely is a little different. While I've seen a lot of monuments devoted to lives lost in the line … Continue reading 386. Walters, Cotton County (OK18) →

Some of you have been reading my thoughts on courthouses for quite a while while some of you may be new to this peccadillo. Those of you who have can probably imagine what I thought as I pulled up here. For those of you who can't, well, I'm not in the habit of quoting myself, … Continue reading 385. Lawton, Comanche County (OK17) →

This courthouse has a really, really weird layout. It's got two side doors (one of which is pictured above) that look like they both point you toward another entrance. That door is part of an addition that looks like some sort of tin building added on. Did they put a tin cover over the front … Continue reading 384. Hobart, Kiowa County (OK16) →