Glasscock County is named for George Washington Glasscock, who was an early settler in the Austin area.
Created: April 4, 1887
County Seat:
Garden City 1887 – present
County Courthouse – Garden City
Location: 117 East Currie Street / Main Street
Built: 1908 – 1909
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: Edward Columbus Hosford of Atlanta, Georgia
Contractor: Mutual Construction Company Inc.
Description: The building faces west and is two story buff colored limestone and granite structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of the city. The west front has a large portico with four Doric columns rising to a wide pediment at the roof line. On the pediment is ornamentation. The building has porticoes on all sides, each of which is supported by four Doric columns. The roof is hipped. To the northwest is the old two story stone jail which was used as the courthouse before the present building was constructed.
Note: The cost of construction of the courthouse was $28,000.
See: The architect, Edward Columbus Hosford of Atlanta, Georgia.. The courthouse is similar to the courthouse in Mason County.
Old County Courthouse / Jail – Garden City
Location: 117 East Currie Street / Main Street
Built: 1894
Style: Jail
Architect: L T Noyes.
Contractor: L T Noyes.
Description: The building faces south and is a two story buff colored limestone structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of the to the northwest of the courthouse. The south side of the square shaped building has a central entrance on the first story. The windows are arched and the roof line is flat. The building was used as a courthouse until the present courthouse was constructed.
Courthouses:
N – Howard County
E – Sterling County
S – Reagan County
W – Midland County
County Courthouse
Old County Jail
Photos taken 2014