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The
1923 Garza County courthouse.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy
Terry
Jeanson, August 2006 |
The Current
Garza County Courthouse
Post, TexasDate
- 1923
Architect - C. A. Carlander
Style - Texas Renaissance
Material
- Brick and concrete
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark
The 1923 Garza County Courthouse was built to replace
the original one from 1908. A statue of C. W. Post stands in front of the
courthouse (although he's actually seated). |
Photographer's
Note:
"Statue of cereal magnate C.W. Post, the founder of the town.
I tried to find some Post Toasties to put in his lap when I took this picture,
but all I could find were some Honey Bunches of Oats." - Terry
Jeanson |
Garza
County courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August 2006 |
Historical
Marker TextGarza
County CourthouseAfter
Garza County's creation in 1876, it was not until 1907, at the initiative of cereal
producer C. W. Post, that the county was formally organized. In 1922, when the
population had grown to about 4500 and the cotton
industry had spurred economic growth, citizens approved the sale of bonds to finance
a new courthouse. The commissioners court selected prominent regional architect
Guy Carlander of Amarillo to design
the courthouse, and awarded the construction bid to the Fred T. Bone Company,
also of Amarillo. Built in 1923 of
reinforced concrete with brick exterior and cast stone details, the Garza County
courthouse is a late, but fine, example of Prairie School architecture.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 2000 |
Garza
County courthouse entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, August 2006 |
Garza
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy of TXDoT |
Old
postcard view of the 1923 Garza County Courthouse
Courtesy rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/
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1936
Texas Centennial Highway MarkerGarza
CountyFormed
from Young and Bexar Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized June
15, 1907
Named in honor of The Garza family
Natives of the Canary Islands.
Pioneer settlers of San Antonio in 1731.
A cattle raising county since its
settlement
Agricultural since 1910.
Textile mills established in 1912.
Post, the county seat. | |
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