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"The
1937 Irion County courthouse has a nice hilltop location."
Terry
Jeanson, June 2005 photo |
The
Irion County Courthouse is a plain brick building without a hint of decoration
built in 1937.
History - see Mertzon, Texas
Photographer's Note:
The 1937 Irion County courthouse was designed
by the David S. Castle Company. Castle designed several handsome Classical Revival
style courthouses in Texas during the 1920s. In the late 1930s, Castle's designs
had matured to the more severe, Art-Moderne style, as seen in the 1937 Irion County
courthouse, the 1938
Sterling County courthouse and the 1939
Borden County courthouse. - Terry
Jeanson |
Irion County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
An
Architectural drawing of the courthouse
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Sherwood
Courthouse historical marker
Courtesy
Terry
Jeanson, June 2005 |
Historical
Marker TextSherwood
Courthouse(Built
1900-1901)
First
permanent courthouse for Irion County, locally organized 1889. Replaced temporary
housing in several buildings. Site was gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ripley. Contractors:
Martin and Moody. Stone was quarried nearby.
Courthouse was used for dances,
teachers' institutes, community events; yard, for summer socials.
Enclosed
to keep out grazing stock, approach was by a stile over fence beside which were
water troughs and hitching posts for teams and saddle horses.
A 1936 election
made Mertzon county seat. Once pride of area,
this is now a community center.
(1971) |
The courthouse's clock tower
with the time painted on.
Courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2005 |
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