Medina County is named for the capital of the Al Madinah Province in western Saudi Arabia.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Lorain County and Cuyahoga County
E – Summit County
S – Wayne County
W – Ashland County and Lorain County
Created: February 18, 1812 
County Seat:
Medina 1812 – present
Old County Courthouse – Medina
Location: 93 Public Square / East Liberty Street
Built: 1841 – 1842
Style: Greek Revival and Victorian
Architect: D H Weed
Contractor: D H Weed
Description: The building faces west and is a three story red colored brick, stone and wood structure. The west front has a wide porch with projecting rectangular towers on either side. The towers have mansard roofs. Above the porch rises a square clock tower with dome at the top. The building was remodeled in 1873. The architect was Truman Dudley Allen of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Additions to the building were made in 1906, 1933 and 1951.
See: The architect Truman Dudley Allen of Minneapolis, Minnesota also designed courthouses in Franklin County and Hardin County, Iowa. Blue Earth County, Rock County and Steele County, Minnesota and Richland County. Wisconsin.
Note: The previous courthouse was built in 1821.
County Courthouse – Medina
Location: 93 Public Square / East Liberty Street
Built: 1967 – 1968
Style: Modern
Architect: William Boyd Huff
Contractor: E Alessio Construction Company
Description: The building faces west and is a two story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The west front has a large portico supported by four white colored columns rising to a wide pediment with clock at the roof line. The recessed door is framed in white colored wood. A wide cornice runs below the flat roof line. An addition was added in 2011. The architect was Silling Associates, Inc. On the south side of the building is the Prosecutors Office constructed in 1999 to 2000. The architect was Richard L Bower + Associates and the contractor was Lakewest Construction Company.
Old County Courthouse – Medina
County Courthouse – Medina
Photos taken 2010 and 2011