Cook County Courthouse- continued study of designs for Harris county courthouse

I was able to spend time yesterday talking with Gordon Marchant with Komatsu Architecture of Fort Worth Texas. He is the architect for the restoration of this courthouse in Gainsville Texas. I was able to talk to him about the designs at the courthouse. He provided me some photos of the plaster ornamentation. You can access them here. Just to remind this courthouse was designed by the same architectural firm and designer that worked on the Harris County courthouse.

You can see again the influence of Louis Sullivan in the plaster designs. You can see also the similarities of the capitals and the way they integrate into the skylight. I have seen this skylight in person also and it is stunning. Makes me a little apprehensive about seeing the Harris skylight after it is completed.