Scurry County Courthouse Site and Building


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Marker Number: 4619 
Marker Title: Scurry County Courthouse Site and Building 
Index Entry: Scurry County Courthouse Site and Building 
Address: College and 25th St. 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 320261 
UTM Northing: 3621557 
Subject Codes: CT 
Year Marker Erected: 1967 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: Northeast corner, courthouse square, Snyder. 
Marker Size: 27" x 42" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Seat of justice for Scurry County, created 1876 and organized 1884. 
Local landholders--R. H. Allen, Fred Barnard, R. H. Looney, C. C. McGinnis, C. H. McGinnis,
 T. N. Nunn, W. H. Snyder and H. A. Travekes--donated lots in center of town for the 
courthouse square. Bonds for construction were purchased by local citizens. 
The original 2-story courthouse of locally made red brick was built in 1886 in 
northeast corner of the square, on site of a former buffalo trail. A jail, built
 farther northeast, was joined to courthouse by a corridor. Board sidewalks led to 
the building. A chain hitching rail for horses enclosed the square. The public windmill,
 focus for civic and social gatherings, was located in the center of the square. 
The commissioners court designated the boundaries of the four county precincts according
 to the north, east, south, and west lanes approaching the courthouse and these precinct
 boundaries are still used. The first courthouse was razed in 1911, after the present one
 was erected, 1909-11. This building had a dome, which was removed in 1950 remodeling. 
A part of the old square is now paved, as today's courthouse visitors require auto 
space rather than the watering trough and hitching rail. (1967)