Photograph of performers on stage at the UPC's Battle of the Bands. They are standing at the front of the stage and there is pink lighting on the area behind them.

Photograph of a guitarist on stage at the UPC's Battle of the Bands. He is standing at the front of the stage and have a microphone set up in front of them. There is red-colored lighting over him and a yellow circle on the wall behind him.

Photograph of a band performing at the UPC's Battle of the Bands. The singer, and guitarist, is standing at the front with a microphone in front of him and behind him is the drummer and some scaffolding. The lighting is a red and pink color over the whole area.

Photograph of a guitarist on stage at the UPC's Battle of the Bands. He is standing at the front of the stage and have a microphone set up in front of them. There is red-colored lighting over him and a green circle on the wall behind him.

Photograph of a singer performing at the UPC's Battle of the Bands. He is standing on a stage with drums and scaffolding behind him. He is singing into a microphone in front of him and is also holding a guitar. The lighting is a red and pink color over the whole area.

Photograph of a band performing at the UPC's Battle of the Bands. The singer, and guitarist, is standing at the front with a microphone in front of him and behind him is the drummer and some scaffolding for lights. The lighting is a red and pink color over the whole area and green light is on the drums.

Photograph of Ross Pederson playing drums with the One O'Clock Lab Band at the North Sea Jazz Festival held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Photograph of sunset off of Highway 19 south of Paris.

Photograph of 1917 architect and builders engraved face of the cornerstone in down town Paris,Texas.

Photograph of brick buildings at East Houston & North Main Streets in downtown Paris, Texas. The street names are visible on green signs in the center of the image.

Photograph of old Lamar County Courthouse cornerstone from the 1896 courthouse in down town Paris,Texas. The original courthouse burned in the 1916 city fire; this cornerstone is incorporated into the new, 1917 courthouse, which was built on the old foundation in a Classic Revival style. Sanguinet & Staats were the architects.

Photograph of the southeast corner of the Lamar County Courthouse in downtown Paris, Texas including the upper stone detail near the roof. The style of this courthouse is in a universal "Classic" style; however, it has Romanesque features on the first floor level that echoes the 1896 courthouse destroyed by the 1916 fire.

Photograph of the southeast corner of the Lamar County Courthouse in downtown Paris, Texas. The upper floors are in the Classic Revival style.

Photograph of the upper-south entrance of the Classic Revival-style, 1917 Lamar County courthouse. The upper details of the stonework include carved eagles, carved shields, fluted columns, and medallions, set off by quarry-faced limestone walls and pilasters. The words "Lamar County Court House" are written across the front of the building hear the roof and there are light fixtures above the shield over the door.

Photograph of the west end of south side of building of the 1917 Lamar County Courthouse.

Photograph of the Lamar County Courthouse Annex in downtown Paris, Texas.

Photograph of connection between Lamar County Courthouse and the west annex in down town Paris, Texas, including an annex entrance door. The annex exterior was built to be a close match to the courthouse exterior.

Photograph of the Lamar County Courthouse east entrance in downtown Paris, Texas. The cornerstone from the 1896 courthouse at this location is incorporated in the lower-right of the portico. The courthouse has Classic Revival-style architecture, however the entrances are designed similar to the Romanesque style of the old courthouse. The portico has Roman arched openings, short (Syrian) columns, polished red granite columns with carved stone capitals and bases. This offers continuity from old to new and creates a building with mixed styles of architecture.

Photograph of upper southeast corner of the 1916 First National Bank building located on the Plaza Square in down town Paris,Texas.

Photograph of Lamar County Veterans' Memorial located on the courthouse lawn.

Photograph of Wold War I Veterans Memorial on the south east courthouse lawn.

Photograph of the light fixture above the south entrance of the Lamar County Courthouse in downtown Paris, Texas.

Photograph of Confederate Veteran Memorial Statue on the courthouse lawn in Paris, Texas. Besides the statue of a soldier, there are busts of four Confederate leaders around the base, sculpted by Coppini.

Photograph of a water tower in Paris, Texas. Another building is visible in the foreground.