The Howell House was built in 1907 by Dr. Samuel Matthew Crawford Howell, Midland City's first doctor. City Hall was established here December 17.1992. Mayor Joe Bob Parker, Councilmen Clarence Shirrah, Paul Davis, Wiley Gibson, Dennis Mathews, and Don Parker, Assistant City Clerk Joann Grimsley, City Clerk Josephine Gullage, and Utility Superintendent Delbert Chandler served here.