Nolan County Courthouse
Sweetwater, Texas
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1977
Architect - Welch & Hampton
Photos: Robert Deering 8/23/2016
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1881

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Philip Nolan, mustanger and filibuster.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Sweetwater

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Sweetwater Creek, known as Sweet Water by postal authorities until 1918.

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1888, 1917, and 1977

STANDING: One - 1977 modern courthouse that originally had a polished granite veneer.  The granite was replaced by contrasting stone in a project that was completed in 2014.   

 

 
 

1917 Courthouse
Architect - C. H. Page & Brother
 

1888 Courthouse
Architect - James E. Flanders

         




1977 Courthouse Before Modifications
Photo: Robert Deering 1/25/2004

ADDRESS:  100 E 3rd St, Sweetwater, TX