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Lamar County Courthouse Entrance

Description: Photograph of the Lamar County Courthouse east entrance in downtown Paris, Texas. The cornerstone from the 1896 courthouse at this location is incorporated in the lower-right of the portico. The courthouse has Classic Revival-style architecture, however the entrances are designed similar to the Romanesque style of the old courthouse. The portico has Roman arched openings, short (Syrian) columns, polished red granite columns with carved stone capitals and bases. This offers continuity from old… more
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

Lamar County Courthouse

Description: Photograph of architectural details above the south entrance of the Lamar County Courthouse in Paris, Texas. This Classic-style courthouse also has short, polished, pink granite entrance columns, referred to as "Syrian Columns", in the earlier Romanesque style.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

Paris Texas Plaza Theater

Description: Photograph of the Plaza Theatre in downtown Paris, Texas. This is an Art Deco-style building with strong vertical lines, arches, spiral-cut columns, white stone window ledges, column bases, cornice consoles, and dentil contrasts with the red tile roof, window trim, and trim at the ground level. The buff-colored brick of the walls predominate the building and there is also an urn on a pedestal, centered between the windows. The large Plaza Theater sign appears to be the original although the ma… more
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

Theater Canopy in Downtown Paris

Description: Photograph of window detail and canopy hangers on the Plaza Theatre building on Plaza Square in downtown Paris, Texas. There is a spiral column between the windows and white stone medallions ornamenting the canopy hangers.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

Lamar County Courthouse Entrance

Description: Photograph of the Romanesque-style entrance arches on the Lamar County Courthouse in downtown Paris, Texas. In the background are fluted columns and a window in the Classic Revival-style on the upper part of the building. This courthouse has mixed architectural styles, which is common in Texas.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

Union Station Tower

Description: Photograph of the tower at the 1912 Union Station Depot west of downtown Paris, Texas. The roof has a wide overhang with green brackets framing the arched windows. Taller arches underneath appear to have low, wrought-iron decorations.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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