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Callahan
County Courthouse
County Seat - Baird, Texas
Callahan County
has had four courthouses:
1929
- Baird
1884 - Baird
1883 - Baird
1877
- Belle Plain |
Callahan
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, May 2005 |
The Present
Callahan County Courthouse - Baird, Texas
Date - 1929
Architect - Voelcker and Dixon, Inc
Style - Texas Renaissance |
Callahan
County Courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2005 |
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Baird
street scene, with the Callahan County courthouse in distance
Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, 8-01 |
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The
1929 Callahan County Courthouse in Baird
Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, 2001 |
The
1929 Callahan County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Another
early view of the 1929 Callahan County Courthouse
1942 Photo courtesy THC |
What
is believed to be the 1900 J. Reily Gordon Courthouse in Baird, Texas
mentioned in the historical marker above.
Photo courtesy THC |
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Callahan County was organized in 1877, Belle
Plain won the election for county seat. The county seat moved
from Belle
Plain to Baird in 1883. |
Ruins
of the First (1877) Callahan County Courthouse in Belle
Plain.
1930s photo courtesy TXDoT |
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