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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

Baird street scene, with the Callahan County courthouse in distance

Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, 8-01


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

After 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