The Amarillo-based firm designed the three-story tawny brick courthouse in a restrained Art Deco style. The central three-bay block of the nine-bay-wide building projects forward with a tall stone cornice flanked by a pair of herms, reminiscent of the Cottle County Courthouse (PH1). Broad pilasters between the windows conclude with stone ornament in a stepped design, and a stone-faced triple-arched portico marks the principal entrance.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Moore County Courthouse", [Dumas, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-TP6.
Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 351-352.
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