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Childress County Courthouse
County Seat - Childress, Texas

Date - 1939
Architect - Townes and Funk
Style - Moderne
Material - Stone

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The 1939 Childress County Courthouse

Photo Courtesy TXDoT

Childress County Courthouse as it appeared in the late 1950s

Postcard courtesy THC

Town and county are named after G. C. Childress - author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Childress County has had three courthouses: 1887, 1891 and the present 1939 courthouse

The 1891 Childress County Courthouse

1909 postcard courtesy THC


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Childress County Courthouse County Seat - Childress, Texas

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Childress County Courthouse
County Seat - Childress, Texas

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