Presidio County is named for Presidio del Norte, an eighteenth century fort and settlement on the south side of the Rio Grande.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
E – Brewster County
S – Mexico
W – Mexico
Created: January 3, 1850 
County Seat:
Fort Leaton 1850 – 1875
Fort Davis 1875 – 1885
Marfa 1885 – present
County Courthouse – Marfa
Location: 320 North Highland Avenue / Lincoln Street
Built: 1885 – 1886
Style: Second Empire
Architect: Alfred Gilies of San Antonio
Contractor: James H Britton
Description: The building faces south and is a three story pink colored stuccoed brick and stone structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of the city. On each corner is a three story tower with mansard roof. The center sections project and have entrances on the first story and rise to pediments at the roof line. There is stone trim above the windows. On the center of the roof is a large octagonal dome with columns, steep black colored roof and statue at the top. The large courtroom is located on the north side of the second story. The building was restored in 2001. To the north is the Old County Jail constructed in 1885.
See: The architect, Alfred Giles of San Antonio also desitgned the courthouses in Brooks County, * Caldwell County, Gillespie County, * Goliad County, ** Kendall County, Live Oak County. Presidio County, Webb County and Wilson County * Giles worked with Henry E M Guidon and the Caldwell and Goliad courthouse are similar in design. **Kendall couthouse 1909 addition.
Note: The first courthouse was built in 1880 in Fort Davis now the county seat of Jeff Davis County since 1887. The county seat was moved to Marfa in 1885. The cost of construction of the second and present courthouse was $60,000.
County Courthouse – Marfa
Picture `1880 County Courthouse in Fort Davis
Old County Jail – Marfa
Photos taken 2014 and 2019