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Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 26,725. [ 1 ] The county seat is Fredericksburg . [ 2 ]
The Pioneer Memorial Library is located at 115 W. Main Street, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas.Designed by Alfred Giles, it was built in 1882 to replace the original 1855 courthouse, and was later superseded by the current 1939 courthouse designed by Edward Stein. [2]
Garza County Courthouse: Post, Garza County: 1923 built [245] 2000 RTHL [246] 2001 NRHP [247] Designed in the Neoclassical style by Guy A. Carlander. [245] Old Gillespie County Courthouse: Fredericksburg, Gillespie County: 1882 built [248] 1967 RTHL [249] 1967 restored [250] 1971 NRHP [251] Designed in the Italianate style by Alfred Giles. [248 ...
Fredericksburg is located east of the center of Gillespie County 70 miles (110 km) north of San Antonio and 78 miles (126 km) west of Austin.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.3 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi), of which 22.2 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi) are land and 0.12 km 2 (0.05 sq mi), or 0.55%, is covered by water.
In Gillespie County, Giles designed the Romanesque Revival style 1882 Fredericksburg Memorial Library, originally as the county courthouse but now housing the Pioneer Memorial Library. [6] The structure became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1967, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The 1893 schoolhouse was designed by San Antonio architect Alfred Giles in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of native limestone. By the time of this project, Giles had already designed or remodeled San Antonio's old courthouse, [6] the 1882 Gillespie County courthouse (now the Fredericksburg Memorial Library), [7] the 1884 Wilson County Courthouse, [8] the 1886 Presidio County Courthouse, [9 ...
Location of Gillespie County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Gillespie County, Texas. There are four districts and 17 individually listed properties ...
A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County. Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 978-1-62349-273-1. OCLC 905970019 – via Project MUSE. Note that the date of the book publication was five years after creation of this article. The content relies heavily on this Wikipedia article. — Maile 15:01, 20 January 2025 (UTC)