Martin Digital History

Browse Items (25 total)

  • Lady Abundance statue (installed in 1949), with the courthouse and water tower visible in background.
  • Josephine and John Taylor, Sr. visit their son, his wife and in-laws in Georgia. On far left is John Taylor, Sr. followed by Josephine Taylor, Mildred Yancey Taylor with son John Taylor, IV, John Taylor, Jr., Myrtice Yancey, and Douglas Yancey.
  • Wide aerial view over Stuart with Highway US 1 and Colorado Avenue/Kanner Highway. Martin County Courthouse in lower left corner and Stuart Shopping Center in view to the right of center.
  • Built in 1908 as the Stuart School, the building was then used as the Martin County Courthouse between 1925 and 1937, at which time an addition was made to the front of the building using WPA funds. In 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places; in 2026, it is the Court House Cultural Center & Gallery.
  • The old Martin County Court House, designed by architect L. Phillips Clarke and built in 1937, is a historic Art Deco style courthouse building located at 80 East Ocean Boulevard. Used as courthouse until 1989 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
  • Groundbreaking ceremony for the First Mortgage Corporation, located at the corner of E. 4th St and Denver Ave. in Stuart. Martin County Courthouse in view behind the men who are (left to right) Dr. W. Ira Williams, president, Henry Cabre, vice president and Ainslie Y. Sawyer, secretary & treasurer.
  • Groundbreaking ceremony for the First Mortgage Corporation, located at the corner of E. 4th St and Denver Ave. in Stuart. Martin County Courthouse in view behind the men. Similar photo in the Stuart News (16 Jan 1958) describes the event and its participants. The firm’s officers and directors participating in the ceremony are (left to right): R. J. Randolph, attorney, William F. Lawson, director, Dr. W. Ira Williams, president, Henry Cabre, vice president, Bernard C. Hodapp, director & contractor, Ainslie Y. Sawyer, secretary & treasurer and Claude O. Rainey, director.
  • Built in 1908 as the Stuart School, the building was then used as the Martin County Courthouse between 1925 and 1937.
  • The old Martin County Court House, originally the Stuart School with an extensive remodeling and addition designed by architect L. Phillips Clarke in 1937, is a historic Art Deco style courthouse building located at 80 East Ocean Boulevard. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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  • Martin County Courthouse with side additions, which were added in about 1959 and removed in about 1989. Behind the courthouse is the water tower with an American flag painted on it, which was done in 1976 and replaced with a flag and the Stuart name in 1991.

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