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Castro County
Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
The 1939 Castro
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1940
Photo courtesy of TXDoT |
Castro County
Courthouse in 1950
Photo courtesy THC |
Castro County
Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, 2007 |
Another view
of the courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, 2007 |
Castro County
Courthouse Historical Marker
On Courthouse square, Bedford Street & Broadway
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, 2007 |
Historical Marker:
Castro County
Courthouses
This site was set
aside as the Dimmitt town square in 1891, the year Castro
County was formally organized. Temporary court facilities were
set up in J. N. Morrison's office while the first courthouse was built.
An ornate two-story structure, it burned in 1906 after being hit by
lighting. A brick courthouse with a central dome, built in 1908, was
dedicated at a community picnic. It served until the 1930s, but was
razed to make room for the present stone building. Built with Works
Progress Administration labor, Castro
County's third courthouse opened in 1939.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986 |
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The 1906 Castro
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy THC
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