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Glasscock
County Courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
The Glasscock
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The 1909 Glasscock
County Courthouse in 2002
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2002 |
Another view
of the Glasscock County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2002 |
Oil Painting
of old
courthouse/jail and current Glasscock County courthouse displayed
in the lobby of the current courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, June 2006 |
Historical Marker:
Glasscock County
Courthouse and Jail
On May 9, 1893,
a little over one month from the date of Glasscock
County's formal organization, the first county commissioner's
court issued bonds to erect a combination
courthouse/jail building. L. T. Noyes of Houston, with the assistance
of plasterer William T. Lovell, completed the structure on February
12, 1894. Originally, the ground floor of the building was used for
court sessions and the second floor used as the jail.
The 2-story
stone building, later used only as a jail,
features subtle Classical influences, including corner pilasters and
a tall corbelled cornice.
County bonds issued through the First State Bank of Garden City in
1909 were used to employ Mutual Construction Company, Inc. of Louisville,
Kentucky, and architects Edward C. Hasford & Co., of Dallas, to build
a new courthouse. The 2 1/2 story Classical Revival structure, constructed
of 3-foot thick native stone from a local ranch owned by Steve Calverley,
was completed on August 27, 1910. It features colossal Doric columns
supporting its open pediment and a horizontal belt course which follows
its 2nd floor window sills.
The current Glasscock County Courthouse has been in continuous use
since 1910. The original courthouse/jail
structure was replaced by a new jail in 1980.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks - 1962 |
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Glasscock County
Courthouse and Jail historical marker on the courthouse ground.
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
| The
(1894) County Jail also sits on the courthouse square. This building
was the courthouse before the present one was built. |
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