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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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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