{"nrhp_refnum":"04000946","name":"Trinity County Courthouse Square","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"162 W. First St., US 287 at TX 94","address_restricted":false,"city":"Groveton","county":"Trinity County","state":"TX","lat":31.055949788000078,"lon":-95.12612136199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county government complex on a public square in Groveton, Trinity County, Texas, made up of the 1914 Beaux Arts courthouse and two 1939 Works Progress Administration buildings, the county jail and the Rock Building (Agriculture and Library Building).","why_significant":"The three buildings have played a pivotal role in local county government, meeting Criterion A. The 1914 courthouse is an excellent example of an early 20th century Beaux Arts courthouse in rural Texas, and the stone jail and Rock Building are significant for their modest yet strong architecture, meeting Criterion C. All retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Three county government buildings share a landscaped square in the center of Groveton, Texas. The centerpiece is the 1914 Trinity County Courthouse, a red brick Beaux Arts building with a three-story center section, two-story wings, a pedimented portico with Tuscan columns, and cast stone detailing. Austin architects C. H. Page and Brothers designed it to incorporate a records vault built in 1908. On either side stand two stone buildings erected in 1939 with Works Progress Administration labor: a two-story fieldstone jail and the Agriculture and Library Building, known locally as the Rock Building, which has a crenellated entry porch. All three have served continuously as county buildings with few changes, though the courthouse received drop ceilings and air conditioning in 1961. The group was recognized for its role in local government and for the architecture of the courthouse, jail and Rock Building, which together form a community focal point.","period_of_significance":"1908-1954","architect_builder":"1908 clerk's office: L.S. Green, architect, W.A. Norris, contractor. 1914 courthouse: C. H. Page and Brothers, architect, Jopling & Williams, contractor. 1939 jail and office building: O.L. Hazelwood and Ben R. Richards, architects, Work Projects Administration, builders.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Beaux Arts; Other / WPA Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"All three buildings remain in continuous use as county government buildings; the exterior brick is in good condition, while windows, doors and metal cornice of the courthouse are in poor condition and its building systems need replacement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.12649-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/9738/40973851/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/04000946.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000946/2e2e4eb132-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000946/2e2e4eb132-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_County_Courthouse,_Groveton,_Texas_1709161022_(37142326656).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_County_Courthouse,_Groveton,_Texas_1709161022_(37142326656).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973851","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/trinity-county/trinity-county-courthouse-square-04000946/"}