Moore County Courthouse is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on July 6th, 2015.
Moore County Courthouse
Justice, Equity and peace administered alike to all people. So reads the wording atop the Moore County Courthouse in the Texas Panhandle town of... more
by Joan Carroll
Title
Moore County Courthouse
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
"Justice, Equity and peace administered alike to all people". So reads the wording atop the Moore County Courthouse in the Texas Panhandle town of Dumas. One of the side entrances has these words written: "To no one will we sell deny or delay justice". Over lunch on a hot summer day, I pondered what prompted the builders to include these words on the building. I also wondered about the funding of this building's construction, built during the great depression. While many of the county courthouses in the 'older' counties of the state are quite ornate, many of those in the Panhandle that I visited were constructed in the early 20th century and thus were more in the Moderne style, a type of art deco. Land for this courthouse square was donated by Louis Dumas, who laid out the townsite in 1891. One year later, Moore County was formally organized as a government and in 1893 the county's first courthouse was build. The original courthouse was replaced by the current structure...at a cost of $155,000. The brick building was occupied by county officials during the first week of August 1931. Both courthouses have held all county records and have served as focal points for the community and for the entire county. Fun (?) fact: The building was constructed with a rooftop jail that was used until 1979.
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 7/6/15
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July 6th, 2015
