Oh, God, why?  Why would you do this?  What could possibly be so wrong with the old building that you would choose this to replace … … this?  It couldn’t have been that bad because the old building is still in use as a museum.  I would understand if it was bad enough that they … Continue reading 712. Marysville, Marshall County (KS090) →

It took me forever to get here.  I wasn’t paying close enough attention to Google Maps when I told it to bring me here, and it attempted to take me to Nemaha County, Nebraska, instead of Nemaha County, Kansas.  I didn’t even notice until I looked down at the compass, and it said I was going north.  … Continue reading 711. Seneca, Nemaha County (KS089) →

So, you know that I did an interview with Groundspeak a couple of years ago. Well, guess what? They decided to give me a proverbial holler and see how I'm doing now! My follow-up interview was just published! How did I keep the social aspect alive during the so-called (by me, anyway) Time of Cholera? … Continue reading Here It Is 8: Another Redux →

Another lovely courthouse in another lovely Nebraska County.  Pawnee is pretty small, so it’s a reasonable enough representation of the county’s place of power.  Sidenote: I don’t remember seeing mythological details in the carvings and scroll work of other courthouses before.  That’s something different, so I’ll take it.  I didn’t want to spend too much … Continue reading 710. Pawnee City, Pawnee County (NE27) →

Look at that stately, gorgeous dame!  I saw her from a distance, towering over the trees, as I was coming into town.  All I could think was that she was either the courthouse or one heck of a church!  It’s especially impressive because, although I should know better, I didn’t expect something so bright and … Continue reading 709. Tecumseh, Johnson County (NE26) →

The courthouse isn’t bad at all. It’s interesting because it’s some kind of combination of the rough-hewn ones I was seeing back in Missouri and the smoother ones I’ve been seeing here in Nebraska. Obviously, this was a choice and an affectation, but it works for me. I hadn’t seen it all over the place … Continue reading 708. Beatrice, Gage County (NE25) →

Good job, 1967. I know this was primarily meant to be utilitarian, so many design flourishes were left out, but it’s still not bad as courthouses go. Both wings, built in 1997, emulate the style well enough that the exterior weathering of the stone is the only immediate indication that they were constructed at different … Continue reading 707. Lincoln, Lancaster County (NE24) →

That is not a cookie-cutter courthouse.  In fact, that is quite a thing.  Call me suitably impressed.  Part of me wonders if Wahoo was another one of those towns that could have been a regional mecca and perhaps didn’t quite make it.  However, the more interesting thing is that Wahoo didn’t have a war memorial … … … Continue reading 706. Wahoo, Saunders County (NE23) →

Yes, a stately courthouse that is now beginning to look somewhat cookie-cutter to me.  If I went back through the archives, I'm sure I could find five or ten similar examples.  Perhaps I was wrong in the past, and this is the Sears courthouse equivalent? Or at least an equivalent? Sears usually had many models.  This would … Continue reading 705. Fremont, Dodge County (NE22) →

Absolutely lovely!  I wish I could have gotten here during the day to photograph it.  Even though the photograph is passable, there was just enough lighting in the foreground areas to keep me from getting a really good shot of it, especially the tower.  I’m not a photographer, but lighting always seems to be the … Continue reading 704. Blair, Washington County (NE21) →