Llano jail, we missed it on our first time around!
Mason jail, you can see a prisoner in stripes in the doorway!
Mason courthouse, 1909.
Architect: E. H. Hosford & Co.
Nice courthouse, cool old jail still in use! Sheriff had just booked somebody and they were wearing stripes! Mason is a cute town of lovely stone houses.
Menard courthouse, 1931.
Architect: Withers & Thompson
Menard's historic irrigation canal ("The Ditch") was kind of neat. Cute train depot.
Eldorado jail.
Eldorado courthouse, 1924.
Architect: Henry T. Phelps
Cute courthouse, desolate town. We had burgers at the gas station. We looked for the YFZ Ranch on our way out of town, but it was a ways down a different road.
Mertzon courthouse, 1937.
Architect: David S. Castle
Courthouse is on top of a hill. Town is tiny and quiet.
Sherwood courthouse, 1889, former county seat of Irion County. This was a charming surprise and one of our favorite courthouses! If you ever have the opportunity to go to Sherwood, DO! It's a lovely little town! Sherwood seems to be where all the people live and they work in Mertzon, maybe?
Big Lake courthouse, 1927.
Architect: David S. Castle
This area is very flat.
Garden City jail. This WAS the old courthouse until the "new" one was built in 1909.
Garden City courthouse, 1909.
Architect: Edward C. Hasford & Co.
This is a pretty courthouse and old jail, but there's not much to the town.
Stanton courthouse, 1975.
Architect: Riherd & Huckabee
Cute enough town, blah '70's courthouse with a gazebo made of old courthouse parts in the back.
Stanton jail - we saw a prisoner vacuuming out a police car here.
Lamesa courthouse, 1916, each side has a different mural painted above the doors.
Architect: Sanguinet & Staats
There are loudspeakers around the town square that broadcast stuff all day long - kind of weird!
Otherwise the town is unremarkable. Kobi climbed the stairs (at age 14) to scavenge out of a trash can on the landing!
Tahoka courthouse, 1916.
Architect: W. R. Rice
Tahoka jail.
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