Historical Marker
Crockett County Courthouse
Historical marker location:
Ozona, Texas
( on Avenue D, near corner of Avenue D and 11th Street, Ozona)
Marker installed: 1966
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 travelers to town.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.