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MARTIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Stanton, Texas

18 miles NE of Midland

Martin County has had three courthouses: 1886, 1908 and 1975

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Martin County Courthouse, Stanton, Texas
The 1975 Martin County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, June 2006
The current Martin County Courthouse was built in 1975 and exemplifies the easy-to-forget architecture of the period.

Architect - Riherd & Huckabee

Like many towns that have kept relics of former courthouses, twelve columns from the 1908 Courthouse form a gazebo on the square.
Garzebo Martin County courthouse square , Stanton Texas
"The gazebo on the courthouse square was made from the entrance columns and one of the corner turrets from the 1908 courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, June 2006 photo

The 1908 Martin County Courthouse
Stanton, Texas

1908 Martin County Courthouse & water tower, Stanton, Texas old photo
The 1908 Martin County Courthouse and water tower
1910 photo courtesy THC
1908 Martin County Courthouse, Stanton, Texas 1939 vintage photo
The 1908 Martin County Courthouse
1939 photo courtesy TXDoT
Stanton, Texas, 1908 Martin County Courthouse  painting
"One of several pieces of artwork and vintage photos of the 1908 Martin County courthouse hanging in the county clerk's office of the current courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, June 2006 photo
1908 Martin County Courthouse, Stanton, Texas old  photo
Another view of the 1908 Martin County Courthouse
Photo courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
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