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Starr County Courthouse
Rio Grande City, Texas |
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1939 Architect - Stanley Bliss Photos: Robert Deering 9/3/2005 |
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 1881 Courthouse Architect - S. W. Brooks |
 1854 Courthouse |
COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1848
COUNTY NAMED FOR: James Harper Starr, physician, Republic of Texas treasurer, land agent, banker, and Confederate official.
COUNTY SEATS: One - Rancho Davis was renamed Rio Grande City when the county was organized.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The Rio Grande river.
COURTHOUSES: Three - 1854, 1881, and 1939
STANDING:
- 1854 courthouse that was originally a warehouse. It now serves as a Municipal Court and Public Works building.
- 1939 Modern courthouse is built of brick.
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1939 Courthouse
Texas DoT Photo 1939
