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    STARR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
    County Seat - Rio Grande City, Texas

    Starr County has had three courthouses:
    1854, 1886, and the current 1939 building.

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    Rio Grande City, Texas - Starr County Courthouse
    "The 1939 Starr County courthouse sits north of US 83 on top of a small hill with a tree-lined Britton Avenue ascending to it."
    Terry Jeanson, 2006 photo

    The Present Starr County Courthouse -
    Rio Grande City, Texas

    Date - 1939
    Architect - Stanley Bliss
    Style - Moderne
    Material - Brick
    "The one memorable thing about this courthouse is not on the building at all, but the red-painted steps leading up to the entrance."
    Terry Jeanson, 2006 photo
    Starr County Courthouse, Rio Grande City, Texas
    The 1939 Starr County Courthouse
    Photo coutesy TXDoT, circa 1939
    Starr County Courthouse, Texas
    Another view of the Starr County Courthouse
    Photo courtesy THC, 1940

    The 1886 Starr County Courthouse
    Rio Grande City, Texas

    Rio Grande City TX - 1886 Starr County Courthouse
    The 1886 Starr County Courthouse Old Post Card
    1886 Starr County Courhouse,  Texas
    The 1886 Starr County Courthouse
    1930 photo courtesy THC
    1854 Starr County courthouse, Rio Grand City, Texas
    The 1854 courthouse remains standing today
    Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, March 2006

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