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Glasscock County Courthouse
Glasscock County Seat - Garden City, Texas

Date - 1909
Architect - Edward C. Hansford & Co.
Style - Classical Revival
Material - Stone
Location - Intersection of FM 33 and Texas Hwy 158.
Oil painting of old Glasscock  county  jail/courthouse and current  courthouse
Oil Painting of old courthouse/jail and current Glasscock County courthouse displayed in the lobby of the current courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, June 2006
Glasscock County courthouse, Garden City, Texas
The 1909 Glasscock County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2002
Glasscock County courthouse, Garden City, Texas
Another view of the Glasscock County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2002
Glasscock County courthouse, Garden City, Texas
The Glasscock County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939

Photo courtesy TXDoT
The County Jail also sits on the courthouse square (1894). 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.
Glasscock County old stone jail, Garden City, Texas
The 1894 former Glasscock County Jail
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2002

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