Hutchinson County, named for judge and writer Anderson Hutchinson, was one of 54 counties created from the District of Bexar in 1876 by the Texas Legislature, but it was not officially organized until 1901. That year a temporary county courthouse was erected in the county seat of Plemons, and a permanent courthouse was later built there by contractor E. E. Ackers. In 1926, Stinnett replaced Plemons as the county seat, and the county courthouse was temporarily housed in an office building in downtown Stinnett before this courthouse was erected in 1927 during a time of major oil discoveries in the area. Designed by Amarillo architect W. C. Townes and built by local contractor C. S. Lambie and Company, the Spanish renaissance revival style building also housed the county jail. Its features include brick construction with cut-stone ornamentation, a three-bay primary facade with grand entry bay, a raised basement with end entries, metal sash windows, and second-floor windows with round-arch stone lintels. Friezes at the east and west entrances depict the petroleum, farm and ranch, and cattle industries, historically the area's three principal commercial enterprises.