Brownfield courthouse, 1925.
Architect: Peters & Haynes
1951 addition.
There were no restaurants open for breakfast in Brownfield, so we had to eat breakfast at Subway, which was surprisingly decent, despite the inspirational music playing in the background.
Plains, 1927, old courthouse.
Plains, 1949, "new" courthouse.
Architect: Wyatt C. Hedrick
There was no explanation for either courthouse being built so closely in time together, but we guessed it had to do with the discovery of oil in 1935.
Morton courthouse, 1926.
Architect: W. R. Kaufman
Aaron the and the Native American statue.
Muleshoe courthouse, 1925.
Architect: M. C. Butler
Muleshoe monument to mules and the work they did for us all!
Farwell courthouse, 1916.
Architect: C. Risser
I found two heart-shaped pendants in the parking lot and then we crossed the state line into New Mexico to have green chile burgers and enchiladas in Clovis, at Sandra's. Sandra's was delish!
Farwell jail, now used as storage.
Dimmitt courthouse, 1939.
Architect: Townes & Funk
Littlefield courthouse, 1953.
Architect: Atcheson & Atkinson
Home of Waylon Jennings! The old City Hall building has a jail in it, but was never a courthouse.
Levelland jail, 1937.
Words inscribed above door say, "Fine to talk to prisoners"!
Levelland courthouse, 1927.
Architect: Preston Lee Walker
Levelland is known for tile mosaics throughout town, which are lovely and fun to find.
Lubbock courthouse, 1950.
Architect: Haynes & Kirby
Old Lubbock jail.
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