Culberson County's Loss--A look at the Old Courthouse

Culberson County Courthouse, Postcard, n.d.; digital image, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14007/ : accessed March 20, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Clark Hotel Museum, Van Horn, Texas. 

 

The folks in Van Horn regret a decision made decades ago, the demolition of the Culberson County Courthouse for a new building.  Robert Morales, the publisher of the Van Horn Advocate has been reporting on the loss.  (See an excellent article here.)

(Click on the photo for a closer view!)
Frances Hurt Walker at Culberson County Courthouse, Photograph, n.d.; digital image, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14104/ : accessed March 20, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Clark Hotel Museum, Van Horn, Texas. 

 

The courthouse was a center of the community and the location for many important events in the Van Horn area.

Centennial Pioneers Dance at Culberson County Courthouse, 1936, Photograph, 1936; digital image, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14149/ : accessed March 20, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Clark Hotel Museum, Van Horn, Texas.