Garza County

The Garza County courthouse was built in 1923 in Texas Renaissance style with the architect being C. A. Carlander. The Fred Bone Company constructed it out of brick and concrete at a cost of $64,490.

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The Garza County Courthouse (1923) in the Texas South Plain’s town of Post, is a three-story reinforced concrete structural frame building veneered with brick and cast stone.  The rectangular plan building is 95 feet long on the north-south axis and 50’-8” wide on the east-west axis, and features a central plan with entrances on the north, south, east, and west elevations.  The main entry is located on the east elevation, and is distinguished from the other elevations by three long windows stretching between the second and third floors.  The courthouse displays a classical form with simple horizontal massing and symmetry, but specific architectural details are influenced by the Prairie School and include decorative window glazing, cast stone medallions, and light fixtures. Surrounding the courthouse is a modern, one-story brick, Sheriff’s Office to the west, and the original jail to the north.  The courthouse is situated in the center of Post, an early twentieth century train town arranged on a grid plan.  Development around the courthouse is spare and consists mainly of recent commercial properties, residential housing, and a church.