{"nrhp_refnum":"00001359","name":"Mills County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1011 Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Goldthwaite","county":"Mills County","state":"TX","lat":31.45515071500006,"lon":-98.57605947299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3-story Classical Revival county courthouse with a raised basement at 1011 Fourth Street on the public square in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas, built in 1913 to designs by architect Henry T. Phelps of San Antonio.","why_significant":"The courthouse is argued to be significant locally under Criterion A for government, as the centre of county political and social activity, and under Criterion C for architecture. It replaced the first courthouse, which burned in 1912, and is the first of architect Henry T. Phelps's courthouses to use classically inspired columns and pedimented entries, marking a stage in his career.","narrative":"Mills County's courthouse in Goldthwaite is a three-story Classical Revival building with a raised basement, completed in 1913 on the town's public square. It replaced the county's first courthouse, a stone building of 1890 that burned beyond use in 1912. San Antonio architect Henry T. Phelps designed the replacement, and Gordon-Jones Construction Company of San Antonio built it. Brick rises above a cast-stone basement, and the north, east and west facades have engaged Ionic columns, copper architraves and ornate pediments. Inside, gray marble wainscoting, terrazzo floors, a marble staircase and a central rotunda with a skylight carry the classical theme. The building is considered locally significant for government, since it has remained the centre of the county's political and social life, and for architecture, since it was the first Phelps courthouse to use columns and pedimented entries. It retains its integrity and remains in use as the courthouse.","period_of_significance":"1913-1950","architect_builder":"Henry T. Phelps, architect; Gordon-Jones Construction Company, builder.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century American Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; described as well maintained and unaltered except for replacement of some windows and doors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.564199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/9730/40973056/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/00001359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001359/b1a8271d59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001359/b1a8271d59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"The original uploader was Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mills_County,_TX,_courthouse_IMG_0779.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Mills_County,_TX,_courthouse_IMG_0779.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973056","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_County_Courthouse_(Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6859961"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/mills-county/mills-county-courthouse-00001359/"}