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| The County
Jail (1894) sits on the courthouse square. This building was the courthouse before
the present
one was built. With its small population, the jail has been vacant for years
at a time. |
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Historical
Marker TextGlasscock
County Courthouse and JailOn
May 9, 1893, a little over one month from the date of Glasscock County's formal
organization, the first county commissioner's court issued bonds to erect a combination
courthouse/jail building. L. T. Noyes of Houston, with the assistance of plasterer
William T. Lovell, completed the structure on February 12, 1894. Originally, the
ground floor of the building was used for court sessions and the second floor
used as the jail. The 2-story stone building, later used only as a jail, features
subtle Classical influences, including corner pilasters and a tall corbelled cornice.
County bonds issued through the First State Bank of Garden City in 1909
were used to employ Mutual Construction Company, Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky,
and architects Edward C. Hasford & Co., of Dallas, to build a new
courthouse. The 2 1/2 story Classical Revival structure, constructed of 3-foot
thick native stone from a local ranch owned by Steve Calverley, was completed
on August 27, 1910. It features colossal Doric columns supporting its open pediment
and a horizontal belt course which follows its 2nd floor window sills.
The current Glasscock
County Courthouse has been in continuous use since 1910. The original courthouse/jail
structure was replaced by a new jail in 1980.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmarks - 1962 |
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Glasscock
County Jail and Water Tower
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
The
1894 former Glasscock County Jail
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2002 | |
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