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Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona, Texas


The Crockett County courthouse, located at 907 Avenue D, is a two-story limestone structure designed by architect Oscar Ruffini in the popular Second Empire Style. Built as the second courthouse in 1902, only eleven years after Crockett County was organized, the structure dominated the newly founded county seat of Ozona.


Crockett County Historical Marker, Ozona, Texas

  Crockett County Courthouse, built 1902, second courthouse for county. American Gothic architecture, planned by Oscar Ruffini, San Angelo. Material is fine stone quarried nearby on Meyer and Couch properties. Cost $30,000.
  Early day community social center, used for cowboy dances, box suppers, christmas trees, roundup celebrations.
  In 1909 arc light was added to steeple, to signal sheriff and guide settlers to town. Record Texas Historic Landmark