Potter County Courts Building
Amarillo, Texas
 
 
     
 
Completed - 1986
 Architect - Hucker & Parge and Ward-Brown Associates
Photos: Robert Deering 9/15/2021
 
 
 

1931 Courthouse
 
 
1904 Courthouse
Architect - James Flanders
 

1904 Courthouse
Enlarged in 1916

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1887

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Robert Potter, legislator, cabinet member, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Oneida, renamed Amarillo after the nearby lake and creek.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The lake and creek had been named by New Mexican traders and pastores, probably for the yellow soil along the creek banks or the yellow wildflowers that were abundant during the spring and summer.

COURTHOUSES: Four - 1883, 1904, 1931, and 1986.  The 1904 courthouse was remodeled and enlarged in 1916. , 1986. Other dates are unknown.

STANDING: Two -

  • 1931 Art Deco building made of terra-cotta and concrete.  
  • 1986 Modern courthouse.
ADDRESS: 501 S Fillmore St, Amarillo, Texas

 

Potter County Courthouse
Amarillo, Texas
 Completed - 1931
 Architect - Townes, Lightfoot, & Funk
Photo: Robert Deering 9/15/2021
     
     
 

1931 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939
RENOVATION: Complete - Redeication August 18, 2012

ADDRESS: 500 S Fillmore St, Amarillo, Texas