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Callahan
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, May 2005 |
The
Present Callahan County Courthouse
Baird, TexasRecorded
Texas Historic Landmark
Date - 1929
Architect - Voelcker and Dixon, Inc
Style - Texas Renaissance |
Callahan
County Courthouse historical marker
100 W. 4th St.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, May 2005 |
Historical
Marker TextCallahan
County CourthouseThe
county seat moved from Belle
Plain to Baird in 1883, and a courthouse, designed
by noted architect F.E. Ruffini, was built at this site. The county hired another
noted architect, J. Riely Gordon, in 1900 for a larger courthouse; J.E. Flanders
was the supervising architect. In 1928, the growing county hired Voelcker & Dixon
Architects & Engineers of Wichita
Falls, who designed this Classical Revival courthouse, completed the next
year. Suggs and Dunlap contractors constructed the building, which features intricate
detailing, including acanthus leaves, rosettes, medallions and cartouches.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 2003 |
What
is believed to be the 1900 J. Reily Gordon Courthouse in Baird, Texas mentioned
in the historical marker above.
Photo courtesy THC |
The
1929 Callahan County Courthouse today
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, October 2009 |
The
1929 Callahan County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Another
early view of the 1929 Callahan County Courthouse
1942 Photo courtesy THC |
| After
Callahan County was organized in 1877, Belle
Plain won the election for county seat. The county seat moved from Belle
Plain to Baird in 1883. |
Ruins
of the First (1877) Callahan County Courthouse in Belle
Plain
1930s photo courtesy TXDoT |
Callahan
County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker |
Centennial
Marker Text Callahan
CountyFormed from
Bexar Territory, created February 1, 1858; recreated August 21, 1876; organized
July 3, 1877. Named in Honor of James H. Callahan, 1812-1856 soldier in the Texas
Revolution, captain of the Texas Rangers. County Seat, Callahan
City, 1877; Belle
Plain, 1877-1883; Baird, since two early military
roads, the Chisholm Trail, and the first government telegraph line traversed this
region. | | |
