Grant County is named for Ulysses Grant, who led the Union forces to victory in the Civil War. He was elected President of the United States.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Douglas County and Okanogan Counry
E – Lincoln County and Adams County
S – Franklin County and Benton County
W – Yakima County, Kittitas County and Douglas County
Created: February 24, 1909 
County Seat:
Ephrata 1909 – present
County Courthouse – Ephrata
Location: 35 C Street SW / 10th Avenue SW
Built: 1917 – 1918
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: George H Keith
Contractor: J J Lohrenz
Description: The building faces east and is a two story rectangular red colored brick, stone and concrete structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of Ephrata. The building has a terra-cotta exterior and has a large portico supported by four large white colored fluted Corinthian columns with a pediment above at the roof line. The building is rectangular shaped and what appears to be the foundation is continued up to the level of the first floor faced in glazed white colored terra cotta blocks that resemble polished stone coursework. Above this the wall surface changes to brick after a substantial water table marking the transition between stories. The windows and decorative brickwork spandrels nearly fill recessed panels in between the slightly projecting brick pilasters. A wide cornice runs below the roof line. The base of the building is stone. The courtroom is located on the second story. An annex was added in 1957 along the west side. The architect was Donald Ross Hollingberry.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Grant County Courthouse
History: The county was created in 1909 and Ephrata was designated as the county seat. The first meeting of the commissioners was in a room over the general store. The first courthouse was a two story frame structure built by J C Cunningham of Wilson Creek in 1909 at a cost of $4,975. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1917 to 1918 at a cost of $63,263.
County Courthouse – Ephrata
Photos taken 2006 and 2012