TexasEscapes.com HOME Welcome to Texas Escapes
A magazine written by Texas
 
New   |   Texas Towns   |   Ghost Towns   |   Counties   |   Trips   |   Features   |   Columns   |   Architecture   |   Images   |   Archives   |   Site Map

Lamb County TX
Lamb County

Texas Towns
A - Z
Hotels

Texas | Architecture | Courthouses

LAMB COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Littlefield, Texas

Lamb County has had three courthouses:
1955 - Littlefield
1922 - Olton
1908 - Olton

Littlefield, Texas Area Hotels › Littlefield Hotels
1955 Lamb County courthouse in Littlefield
Lamb County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, February 2007

The Present Lamb County Courthouse
- Littlefield, Texas

Date - 1955
Architect - Atcheson & Atkinson
Style - Modern
Material - Brick & concrete
Former Lamb County Courthouse, Olton, Texas
The 1922 (former) Lamb County Courthouse in Olton. It was remodeled in 1949 and served as a hospital.
Torn down in 1964.

1939 photo courtesy of TXDoT
Olton Texas historical marker
Lamb County Courthouse historical marker, which sits on the corner of 8th & Main Streets, Olton, where the 1908 and the 1922 courthouses once stood.
Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson, February 2007
Lamb County Courthouse historical marker, Olton Texas
Historical Marker in Olton

Site of the First Lamb County Courthouse

Created in 1876, Lamb County was unorganized until it could muster 21 qualified voters, 1908. Citizens donated labor for first 9-room frame courthouse, which served until it burned in 1922.

First county officials were: Judge H. R. Miller; Commissioners, J. A. Hooper (Precinct No. 1), Claude E. Halsell (No. 2), G. M. Arnett (No. 3), Walter Sullivan (No. 4); sheriff, Herb Dickenson; clerk, George Gallaway; treasurer, Fred Schreier; assessor, Luther Williams.

A new courthouse of brick and concrete was built here, 1922-23. After a 1946 election, the county seat was removed to Littlefield.

See
Littlefield, Texas
Lamb County
More Texas Courthouses

Related Topics:
Texas
Texas Towns
Texas Counties
Texas Architecture
Texas Images

Book Hotel Here
Littlefield Hotels
More Hotels

 


Texas Escapes Online Magazine »   Archive Issues » Home »
TEXAS TOWNS & COUNTIES TEXAS LANDMARKS & IMAGES TEXAS HISTORY & CULTURE TEXAS OUTDOORS MORE
Texas Counties
Texas Towns A-Z
Texas Ghost Towns

TEXAS REGIONS:
Central Texas North
Central Texas South
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Panhandle
Texas Hill Country
East Texas
South Texas
West Texas

Courthouses
Jails
Churches
Schoolhouses
Bridges
Theaters
Depots
Rooms with a Past
Monuments
Statues

Gas Stations
Post Offices
Museums
Water Towers
Grain Elevators
Cotton Gins
Lodges
Stores
Banks

Vintage Photos
Historic Trees
Cemeteries
Old Neon
Ghost Signs
Signs
Murals
Gargoyles
Pitted Dates
Cornerstones
Then & Now

Columns: History/Opinion
Texas History
Small Town Sagas
Black History
WWII
Texas Centennial
Ghosts
People
Animals
Food
Music
Art

Books
Cotton
Texas Railroads

Texas Trips
Texas Drives
Texas State Parks
Texas Rivers
Texas Lakes
Texas Forts
Texas Trails
Texas Maps
USA
MEXICO
HOTELS

Site Map
About Us
Privacy Statement
Disclaimer
Contributors
Staff
Contact Us

 
Website Content Copyright Texas Escapes LLC. All Rights Reserved