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CARSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Panhandle, Texas

Carson County has had three courthouses
1888, 1909 and 1950


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Carson County Courthouse  frieze, Panhandle, Texas
The frieze over the Carson County Courthouse entrance
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2002
Date - 1950
Architects - J.C. Berry, Kerr and Kerr
Style - Moderne
1950 Carson County courthouse, Panhandle Texas
"The 1950 Carson County Courthouse with all the utilitarian charm of that era."
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September 2007
Carson County courthouse, Panhandle Texas
The courthouse in snow.
Photo courtesy Tom Jones, December 2007

The 1909 Carson County Courthouse
County Seat - Panhandle, Texas

1909 Carson County courthouse, Panhandle, Texas
Photographer's Note:
"The second Carson County courthouse was completed in 1909 and was very similar to the 1912 Franklin County Courthouse in Mount Vernon, TX. This picture of the 1909 courthouse and jail is displayed in the hall outside of the county judge's office in the current courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, September 2007
1909 Carson County Courthouse Panhandle, Texas
The 1909 Carson County Courthouse as it appered in 1939
Photo Courtesy TxDoT

The 1888 Carson County Courthouse
County Seat - Panhandle, Texas

1888 Carson County courthouse, Panhandle, Texas old photo
Photographer's Note:
"The first Carson County courthouse was completed in 1888 and refurbished in 1901. This picture of the 1888 courthouse is displayed in the hall outside of the county judge's office in the current courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, September 2007

Carson County Towns & Ghost Towns
County Seat - Panhandle

  • Conway
  • Groom
  • Lark
  • Roxana
  • Skellytown
  • White Deer

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