Gaines County Courthouse
Seminole, Texas
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1919
Architect - Sanguinet & Staats
Photos: Robert Deering 4/5/2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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


 

 
1919 Courthouse Before Modifications
Texas DoT Photo 1939

1919 Courthouse
Photo: Robert Deering 1975

ADDRESS: 101 S Main St, Seminole, Texas