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Dimmit County Courthouse Carrizo Springs, Texas |
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 Photo: Robert Deering 9/3/2005 |
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Completed - 1884
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Dimmit County Courthouse Carrizo Springs, Texas |
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Completed - 1884
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1880 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Philip Dimmitt, one of the framers of the Goliad Declaration of Independence. COUNTY SEATS: One - Carrizo Springs. COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The name of the town comes from the local springs of the same name, which were named by the Spanish for the cane grass that once grew around them. COURTHOUSES: Two - 1880, 1884 STANDING: One - 1884 courthouse built of stone. Originally an Italiante-style structure, the building was remodeled into a Classical Revival genere in 1927. LINKS: Dimmit County |
