It's not invisible. It's just that seeing is believing, and believing would open up a whole can of worms, so no one sees. The old Nueces County Courthouse is sort of like that.
Local residents can go for long stretches driving past it, walking past it and looking past it.
Then, suddenly, they notice the crumbling facade almost as if for the first time, and find themselves trying lamely to explain the abandoned, deteriorating, historically significant eyesore at the city's doorstep. City's image suffers Many times, the visitors represent businesses looking to relocate. And many times, the old courthouse has scared them off, says Dusty Durrill, the local businessman and philanthropist who acquired the title to the old courthouse in 1992 in an attempt to save it. They want their company located where the surroundings give their company a good image. And we have constant comments of why doesn't anyone do anything about that.