{"nrhp_refnum":"08000730","name":"Lipscomb County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Square","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lipscomb","county":"Lipscomb County","state":"TX","lat":36.23389000000003,"lon":-100.27070999999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-story Classical Revival county courthouse on a raised basement in Lipscomb, Texas, completed in late 1916 by architect and general contractor William M. Rice, with a 1910 former county jail on the same square.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the courthouse as a small-county example of Classical Revival design, modeled as an idealized Greek temple with Doric porticoes. It also documents the work of builder William M. Rice, who designed or built several Texas courthouses in the same period. The 1910 jail is counted as a second contributing building.","narrative":"Lipscomb County Courthouse stands at the center of the courthouse square in Lipscomb, Texas. Completed in late 1916, it was designed and built by William M. Rice in the Classical Revival style. The 2-story, buff-brick building rises from a raised basement and has entrance porticoes on its east and west faces, each with a pediment carried by four Doric columns of cast stone and stucco, evoking a Greek temple. Inside, a District Courtroom with a balcony occupies the center of the upper floors, and corridors have ceramic tile floors. Materials arrived by rail at Follett and were hauled to Lipscomb by wagon. A 1910 county jail built of cast stone blocks, with a steel cell cage made in St. Louis, sits on the same square and also contributes to the property. The courthouse remains in county government use. Remodels in 1972 replaced the original windows and doors and added modern heating and cooling. Its architectural character and its connection to a regional courthouse builder support its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William M. Rice, architect and general contractor (1910 jail built by E.S. Altmiller)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th centuries - Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; the 1910 jail and a circa 1935 garage are used for storage. Major interior remodels took place in 1972.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.424045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/9728/40972848/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/08000730.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000730/ed642e3a4a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000730/ed642e3a4a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lipscomb_County,_Texas,_courthouse_from_W_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lipscomb_County,_Texas,_courthouse_from_W_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972848","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipscomb_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56281194"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lipscomb-county/lipscomb-county-courthouse-08000730/"}