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The
1939 Childress County Courthouse
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September, 2007 |
Date
- 1939
Architect - Townes and Funk
Style - Moderne
Material - Stone
Town and county are named
after George Campbell
Childress - author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
"This
courthouse was a Public Works Administration project. It was designed by Amarillo
architects Townes & Funk who designed several courthouses in the Panhandle."
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Courthouse
south entrance, with the dates of 1891 - 1939
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September, 2007 |
Dedication
plaque for the 1939 courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September, 2007 |
North
side of the 1939 Childress County courthouse facing US 287.
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September, 2007 |
| "This
jail annex was built on the northeast corner of the courthouse square in 1905.
It was used until 1939 when the jail was moved to the fourth floor of the current
courthouse." - Terry
Jeanson, 2007 photo |
The
1939 Childress County Courthouse
1939 Photo Courtesy TXDoT |
Childress
County Courthouse as it appeared in the late 1950s
Postcard courtesy THC |
The
1891 Childress County Courthouse
1909 postcard courtesy THC |
| "The
cornerstone for the 1891 Childress County courthouse (laid October 4, 1890) is
on the south side of the building. It lists the architect as William Douglas and
the contractors as Lovell, Miller & Hood." - Terry
Jeanson, 2007 photo |
| "This
second cornerstone is also from the 1891 courthouse, which burned down less than
a year after its construction and was rebuilt. Although worn, the writing appears
to read 'Burned Oct. '91. Rebuilt 1892.'" - Terry
Jeanson, 2007 photo | |
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