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Starr County has had three courthouses:
1854, 1886, and the current 1939 building.Book Hotel Here › Rio Grande City Hotels

"The 1939 Starr County courthouse sits north of US 83 on top of a small hill with a tree-lined Britton Avenue ascending to it."
Terry Jeanson, 2006 photo

The Present Starr County Courthouse -

Rio Grande City, Texas

Date - 1939
Architect - Stanley Bliss
Style - Moderne
Material - Brick

"The one memorable thing about this courthouse is not on the building at all, but the red-painted steps leading up to the entrance."
Terry Jeanson, 2006 photo

The 1939 Starr County Courthouse
Photo coutesy TXDoT, circa 1939

Another view of the Starr County Courthouse
Photo courtesy THC, 1940

The 1886 Starr County Courthouse

Rio Grande City, Texas

The 1886 Starr County Courthouse
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	The 1886 Starr County Courthouse 1930 photo courtesy THC

The 1854 courthouse remains standing today
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, March 2006