{"nrhp_refnum":"00001173","name":"Sherman US Post Office and Courthouse","other_names":["Sherman U.S. Federal Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 E. Pecan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sherman","county":"Grayson County","state":"TX","lat":33.63910136700002,"lon":-96.60952114299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story (plus basement) limestone-clad federal building at 101 East Pecan Street in downtown Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, built in 1906-1907 as a combined post office and courthouse. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury under James Knox Taylor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A as the first federal building in Sherman, which has provided a continuous federal presence and housed the Sherman division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Under Criterion C it is an outstanding example of a federally designed Renaissance Revival public building. It remains a prominent landmark in the central business district.","narrative":"Built in 1906-1907 on Pecan Street in downtown Sherman, this three-story limestone building was the town's first federal building. It combined a post office with a federal courthouse and was designed by the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor. Dallas contractor F. L. Stevenson built it on a granite base, with a red clay tile hipped roof, an arched entry framed by a Doric surround topped with carved eagles, and wrought-iron balustrades at the second-floor windows. The post office moved to a new building in 1962, and the former postal space was converted to offices and a second courtroom. The second-floor ceremonial courtroom retains its original bench, jury box, clerk's desk and chandeliers. The building has served federal court needs for Sherman and surrounding counties since completion. It was listed for its role in the local federal presence and as a strong example of Renaissance Revival public architecture.","period_of_significance":"1905-1950","architect_builder":"Taylor, James Knox, Supervising Architect, Treasury Department; F.L. Stevenson Contract Co., Dallas, Contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"No longer a post office since 1962; still used as a courthouse and government offices, and the ceremonial courtroom continues in its original function.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.911689-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/9721/40972183/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/00001173.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001173/8e7f7f6225-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001173/8e7f7f6225-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shermancourthouse1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shermancourthouse1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972183","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Brown_Federal_Building_and_United_States_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7495262"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/grayson-county/sherman-us-post-office-and-courthouse-00001173/"}