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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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