alfred giles (may 23, 1853 – august 13, 1920) was a british architect who emigrated to the united states in 1873 at the age of 20.many of the private homes and public buildings designed by giles are on the national register of historic places and have been designated recorded texas historic landmarks.based in san antonio, his buildings can be found predominantly in south texas and northern mexico.giles is credited with 'a profound influence on architecture in san antonio.'his parents were thomas and sophie (brown) giles.from 1864 to 1868, he attended the proprietary school at gravesend, kent with a goal of entering the ministry in the church of england.instead, he chose a career in architecture and apprenticed for two years to giles and bivens in london while taking architecture classes at king's college london.the firm hired him after the completion of his apprenticeship.in 1873, giles moved to new york city.after that period, giles began his own architectural firm, the alfred giles company, which grew to become 'the foremost practice in san antonio.'giles was contracted in 1882 to remodel the county offices in that building.d. c. anderson was the building contractor who did the work, which was completed in 1883.alfred giles added the bandera county jail in 1881 to the already existing 1880 courthouse designed by b.f. trester.the two buildings were added to the national register of historic place in 1979 as bandera county courthouse and jail.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.the structure became a recorded texas historic landmark in 1967, and was added to the national register of historic places in 1971.in dimmit county, giles had been selected in 1883 to design the first dimmit county courthouse to be located at 103 n. 5th street in carrizo springs, texas.the county changed its mind and hired j. c. breeding & sons.it is believed, however, that breeding used plans drawn up by giles, as the finished italianate style building resembled others giles had designed in the same time period.that structure was named a recorded texas historic marker in 2000.the italianate style wilson county courthouse was designed by giles and completed in 1884.it was added to the national register of historic places in 1978, and became a recorded texas historic landmark in 1984.also in the italianate style was the 1885 llano county courthouse giles designed.that courthouse burned down in 1892 and was replaced.the second empire style presidio county courthouse in marfa was designed by giles in 1886.it was added to the national register of historic places in 1977.it was designated a recorded texas historic landmark in 1964.in that same year, giles was hired to design the 1886 kerr county courthouse.contractor d.c. anderson completed the building for $19,545.that particular courthouse burned down in 1925 and was replaced by the current standing structure.three structures have existed as the guadalupe county courthouse, 1857, 1858, 1889 and the present structure built in 1935.alfred giles was the architect of guadalupe county's 1889 italianate style courthouse.in 1894, giles designed the second empire style goliad county courthouse.in 1976, it was added to the national register of historic places as part of the larger goliad county courthouse historic district.giles submitted a winning bid to design the beaux-arts  style webb county courthouse in 1909.the plans specified yellow brick with white stone and red tile mansard roofs.it was added to the national register of historic places  in 1981.he also designed the 1909 facade added to the kendall county courthouse in boerne.
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