Day 30 ~ Pillars of Strength by LynnH

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28-JAN-2011	LynnH

Day 30 ~ Pillars of Strength

Sugar Land TX

These pillars were moved from Galveston to Sugar Land in 1969. They were originally part of the Galveston County Courthouse built in 1898.
The Galveston Courthouse was one of the few structures to survive the 1900 Hurricane that killed 10,000 people in this area.
It was torn down in the mid 60s to make way for a very ugly, plain, generic building that looks more like a school than a magnificent court.
That Hurricane was the worst Natural Disaster in the history of the U.S.

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J. Scott Coile		31-Jan-2011 21:55
Strong design.

j>a>e>17 :):):)		31-Jan-2011 08:37
poetic pillars with time trip tunes!!!! :):):):)

Cindi Smith		31-Jan-2011 05:43
Oh wow, I'm so glad they preserved them. They look great in this setting. I hate it when they tear down good old buildings to build ugly new ones. I love your composition. Thanks for sharing the info too!

larose forest photos		31-Jan-2011 04:00
They look magnificent in their present home, I must say, like a little bit of the Mediterranean. However, it is indeed a shame that such a majestic building could not have been rebuilt to the same standards. Thank you for the info and old photo of the courthouse. VV

Guest		31-Jan-2011 00:01
One thing that you usually can count on in a Texas city is to see an nicely restored court house..... shame on Galveston, so glad the pillars were saved! Jv V!

Doug Cruden		30-Jan-2011 22:23
What a shame! But look on the bright side - you've got what looks like a Grecian swimming pool in the middle of your town :o))

Jola Dziubinska		30-Jan-2011 22:07
The columns are beautiful as the whole building was. Sorry it wasn't saved. Thank you for the story and this great photo, Lynn.V.

Mairéad		30-Jan-2011 21:25
Very elegant pillars and nice to see them incorporated in this water feature.

Rick Bricker		30-Jan-2011 20:29
When I saw the thumbnail I thought you were on a Greek holiday!Good shot.

Margaret Lew		30-Jan-2011 20:13
Sorry to learn the story of these pretty pillars. Their new setting is impressive with that reflecting pool.

laine		30-Jan-2011 19:08
They were worth saving, but so was the original building...I get so mad about that sort of thing :( We had a cyclone ( hurricane to you ) hit the north coast early hours of this morning, but the one following it is a giant by comparison :(

Irene Wehrli		30-Jan-2011 17:23
Interesting Story, nice shot of these pillars! Irene

Carol Rollins		30-Jan-2011 16:43
A great idea to keep and relocate the pillars. Great shot. ~ So sad about the history of the building and hurricane, and the plainness of the new building.

Walter Otto Koenig		30-Jan-2011 15:28
Glad they at least kept the pillars. Looks like it was a beautiful building.

Coleen Perilloux Landry		30-Jan-2011 14:59
So glad these were saved. The Old Courthouse was magnificent according to your photo. Galveston had another bad hurricane in the 1940's that was a great disaster.

McGarva		30-Jan-2011 14:20
Great story ... shame they had to move them from the grandeur of the court house!