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The Gonzales County Courthouse in Gonzales, Texas.
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This collection of postcards highlights just a few of the many examples of good, and sometimes outstanding, civic architecture from the 19th and early 20th century. We hope that through these images we can remind ourselves -- and our communities' leaders -- of the value of taking pride in our public buildings.
Wayne M. Senville,
Editor, Planning Commissioners Journal
P.S. What's all this have to do with planning commissions?
footnotes:
1Letter from George Washington to David Stuart, 1792.
2Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1785.
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