Kenedy County Courthouse Construction

Construction of the courthouse across the street began in 1918 and was completed the following year, when Sarita was the county seat of Willacy County, established in 1911. After Texas reorganized the counties in 1921, Sarita became the county seat of the newly established Kenedy County. Materials for the courthouse and for the great house on the Kenedy Ranch at La Parra were brought to the Kenedy wharf on Baffin Bay and hauled to the construction site by mule- and ox-drawn wagons.

Sarita, Texas · United States