Childress County Courthouse (Childress)

Year Built: 1939

Architect: Townes & Funk

The Childress County Courthouse is located in Childress, Texas.

The 1891 courthouse is actually the second Childress County courthouse.  Childress City, the first county seat, was home to a wooden courthouse, built in 1887.  However, within a few months, the county seat was moved four miles, to the town of Henry, which was soon renamed Childress, and a second courthouse was constructed in 1890-91.  Soon after it opened, the  courthouse burned, on October 21, 1891.  The “new” 1891 courthouse was constructed on the foundation of the original courthouse by Lovell, Miller & Hood, Contractor, based on the design of William Douglas, Architect.  This courthouse was demolished to make way for the current courthouse, built in 1939.