{"nrhp_refnum":"08000961","name":"Hall County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"512 W. Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Memphis","county":"Hall County","state":"TX","lat":34.726576340000065,"lon":-100.53679155599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-level Classical Revival county courthouse at 512 West Main in Memphis, Hall County, Texas, built in 1923 to a design by C.H. Page and Brother of Austin.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a notable example of Classical Revival design, with red brick, cream cast stone trim, Composite columns and elaborate entry pavilions. It also replaced an unsafe first permanent courthouse and has continued to serve as the seat of county government. The form was certified as locally significant.","narrative":"Hall County Courthouse, at 512 West Main in Memphis, Texas, is a four-level government building completed in 1923 and still serving as the county courthouse. Designed by C.H. Page and Brother of Austin and built by Walker Construction Company of San Antonio, it has reinforced concrete floors and structure, with dark red brick walls and cream-colored cast stone trim. Each of the four elevations has a projecting entry pavilion with tall fluted Composite columns, a large cartouche over the doors, and a pediment with relief decoration. A dentiled cornice and festoon ornaments at the roofline complete the Classical Revival design. Inside, cross-axial corridors meet at a central octagon, and the third-floor district courtroom retains its original bench, jury box and pews. The building replaced an 1893 courthouse that a state inspector judged to be crushing its own foundations and at risk of collapse. Voters approved bonds for the new building in December 1922 by 438 votes to 23. The nomination treats it as locally significant for its architecture and its role in county government.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"C.H. Page and Brother, architects, of Austin, Texas; Walker Construction Company of San Antonio, Texas, contractor","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; some original features have been altered, such as windows, ceilings and the south stair, and the commissioners courtroom is now used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.1631-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/9722/40972233/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/08000961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000961/217bcce624-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000961/217bcce624-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hall_County_Courthouse,_Memphis,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">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:Hall_County_Courthouse,_Memphis,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972233","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_County_Courthouse_(Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5642575"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hall-county/hall-county-courthouse-08000961/"}