Callahan County Courthouse, Baird, Texas. (original) (raw)
Callahan County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2005
The Present Callahan County Courthouse
Date - 1929
Architect - Voelcker and Dixon, Inc
Style - Texas Renaissance
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Callahan County Courthouse historical marker
100 W. 4th St.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2005
Historical Marker
Callahan County Courthouse
The county seat moved from Belle Plain to Baird in 1883, and a courthouse, designed by noted architect F.E. Ruffini, was built at this site. The county hired another noted architect, J. Riely Gordon, in 1900 for a larger courthouse; J.E. Flanders was the supervising architect. In 1928, the growing county hired Voelcker & Dixon Architects & Engineers of Wichita Falls, who designed this Classical Revival courthouse, completed the next year. Suggs and Dunlap contractors constructed the building, which features intricate detailing, including acanthus leaves, rosettes, medallions and cartouches.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2003
What is believed to be the 1900 J. Reily Gordon Courthouse in Baird, Texas mentioned in the historical marker above.
Photo courtesy THC
The 1929 Callahan County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009
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
Ruins of the First (1877) Callahan County Courthouse in Belle Plain
1930s photo courtesy TXDoT
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