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Courthouses
DALLAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Dalhart, Texas
Dallam County
has had 3 courthouses:
1876 courthouse in Texline
1903, and the present 1922 courthouse |
The 1922 Dallam County Courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo
courtesy Erik
Whetstone, April 2004 |
The
Present Dallam County Courthouse
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Dalhart, Texas Date:
1922
Architect: Smith and Townes
Style: Classical Revival
Material:
Brick |
Historical
Marker Text Dallam
County CourthouseCreated
in 1876 and organized in 1891, Dallam County was named for Republic of Texas Attorney
James W. Dallam (1818-1847). TTexline, located
on the line of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad and the only town in the
county when it was organized, served as first county seat.
A courthouse
was built in 1891. Ten years later, when the Rock Island Railroad built a line
through the county, the new town of Dalhart was established where the Rock Island
and Fort Worth and Denver City rail lines crossed. The county commissioners court
voted to move the county seat to Dalhart in 1903, and in May that year an election
was held to approve bonds for a courthouse. County
government soon outgrew the 1903 building, and in 1922 the voters approved more
bonds for a new courthouse.
Designed by the Amarillo
architectural firm of Smith & Townes, this Classical Revival structure was completed
in 1923. Built of brick with cast stone detailing, the building rises from a rusticated
ground floor to more finely detailed upper stories, and features Ionic columns,
curvilinear parapets, and denticulated cornice. A fine example of its style, the
courthouse continues to serve the citizens of Dalhart and Dallam County.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1991 |
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Dallam County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The
southeast corner of the courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 |
Southwest
corner of the courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2008 |
| | Another
view of the Dallam County Courthouse
Old postcard courtesy THC |
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