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Castro
County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
The
1939 Castro County Courthouse as it appeared in 1940
Photo courtesy of TXDoT |
Castro
County Courthouse in 1950
Photo courtesy THC |
Another
view of the courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, 2007 |
Castro
County Courthouse Historical Marker
On Courthouse square, Bedford Street &
Broadway
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, 2007 |
Historical
Marker TextCastro
County CourthousesThis
site was set aside as the Dimmitt town square in 1891, the year Castro County
was formally organized. Temporary court facilities were set up in J. N. Morrison's
office while the first courthouse was built. An ornate two-story structure, it
burned in 1906 after being hit by lighting. A brick courthouse with a central
dome, built in 1908, was dedicated at a community picnic. It served until the
1930s, but was razed to make room for the present stone building. Built with Works
Progress Administration labor, Castro County's third courthouse opened in 1939.
Texas Sesquicentennial
1836-1986 |
The
1906 Castro County Courthouse
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