Gaines County Courthouse

Seminole, Texas



Photo: Robert Deering 4/5/2005

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Completed - 1919
Architect - Sanguinet & Staats


COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1905

COUNTY NAMED FOR: James Gaines, a merchant who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Seminole.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Seminole Wells, a local watering hole.

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1906, 1919, and 1955.

STANDING: One -The 1919 courthouse is buried inside a 1955 remodeling and expansion project.

LINKS: Gaines County