Castro County

The original Castro County courthouse was a simple wood frame structure with no dividing walls. This made the courthouse an excellent place for weekend dances, and cowboys would sometimes climb a ladder into the copula on top to play poker. This $17,000 structure was struck by lightening resulting in a fire that burned the building to the ground. A steel vault saved the county records. The current courthouse was built in Contemporary style in 1939, designed by the firm of Townes & Funk and built of sandstone for a cost of $90,000.