Museum

Morton Museum of Cooke Co.

Gainesville · Cooke County · Dedicated 1968 · THC Atlas #4200000169

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Morton Museum of Cooke Co. is a museum in Gainesville, Cooke County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 3 museums documented in Cooke County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 59 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.6230, -97.1451 near Gainesville. The nearest cataloged historic site is City Hall-Fire Station, Old (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville National Bank, and Barbed Wire in Cooke County.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000169. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Established in 1968 by the Cooke County Heritage Society, the Morton Museum occupies an 1884 building in downtown Gainesville that originally served as the city's combined city hall, fire station and jail. Slated for demolition in the 1960s, it was saved and restored with support from Granville and Gladys Morton. The museum presents changing exhibits on county history and features a stained-glass skylight salvaged from a Victorian home built by U.S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey.

Sources: mortonmuseum.org texastimetravel.com americanheritage.com

📍 33.6230, -97.1451 · Gainesville, Cooke County

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Nearby in Cooke County

Historical Marker

City Hall-Fire Station, Old

Gainesville · 1968

Historical Marker

Cooke County Courthouse

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Historical Marker

Gainesville National Bank

Gainesville · 2001

Historical Marker

Barbed Wire in Cooke County

Cooke County Free Library

First United Methodist Church of Gainesville

Gainesville · 1976