Wilbarger County Courthouse - Aug. 10, 2025
Travel to Vernon, Texas to see the 1928 Wilbarger County Courthouse
Built in the Classical Revival style, replacing the second, 1890 courthouse
Listing of county residents who died fighting the nation's wars
West side of the courthouse viewed from Main Street (Hwy 183)
Zoom in on the twin griffons separating the upper window panels
Several war memorials are placed in the SW courthouse square corner
Memorial to those who died in WWI, marker placed in 1926
County named for man who survived Comanche scalping in 1833
Memorial to those who fought & died in the Civil War, placed in 1916
50 year time capsule buried during the centennial of the county
South side of the courthouse viewed from Wilbarger Street (Hwy 287)
Memorial to 7 officers who died in the line of duty, 4 by gunfire
Patrolman Stinnet gets a 2nd mention & his own marker, passing in 1965
Cornerstone in the SE corner with 1928 County Judge & Commissioners
Courthouse SE corner viewed from Wilbarger & Cumberland Streets
Pease Street, north of the courthouse, has a painted strip of bacon, W to E
Wright Bacon started here in 1922 and celebrated its 100th anniversary
Vernon Plaza Theater east of the courthouse on Cumberland Street
The SW corner of Pease & Main has a sign declaring Bacon City!
The NW corner has a Nightmare on Main Street Haunted House
A spider so big it can't even live inside the advertising car
Two blocks north of the courthouse at Olive & Main is a brightly painted mural to Roy Orbison who was born in Vernon in 1936
Roy's sunglasses are celebrated with an extra large pair at the corner
Capture a second photo of the mural without the light pole in the way