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Dallam County Courthouse

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1923, Smith and Townes. 414 Denver Ave.

This courthouse, which replaced one built in 1903 when the county seat moved from Texline to Dalhart, is a handsome Beaux-Arts classical building, although the Alamo gables on the parapets are a gesture of Texan regionalism. The courthouse occupies a half-block landscaped park, with mature trees, within the downtown commercial district rather than the typical full-block public square. The courthouse is constructed of red brick with two-story-high cast-stone Ionic columns at the principal entrance. A fourth floor is placed above the entablature as an extended attic.

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Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Gerald Moorhead et al., "Dallam County Courthouse", [Dalhart, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-TP4.

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Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 350-351.

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