{"nrhp_refnum":"12000193","name":"Brooks County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 E. Miller St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Falfurrias","county":"Brooks County","state":"TX","lat":27.227325910000047,"lon":-98.14430706799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Classical Revival county courthouse at 100 E. Miller Street in Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas, completed and dedicated in 1914 and designed by architect Alfred Giles.","why_significant":"The document shows the courthouse as a prominent landmark of the county seat of Brooks County, which was organized in 1911. Its history is tied to the county's founding and to the work of noted Texas architect Alfred Giles. The building retains a high degree of integrity after a 2010 restoration. The truncated text does not give the full formal statement of significance.","narrative":"Brooks County Courthouse is a three-story Classical Revival building in downtown Falfurrias, Texas, completed in 1914. It is built of light brown brick with cream-colored terra cotta trim and a hipped slate roof partly hidden behind a parapet. The east front is marked by a long colonnade of two-story Corinthian columns. Inside, a cross-shaped plan of corridors meets at an octagonal intersection, and a large district courtroom fills the central part of the building. Brooks County was organized in 1911, and officials used temporary buildings until the courthouse was dedicated in November 1914. County commissioners first chose San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, then selected Alfred Giles in 1914; Westlake & Mizzell served as builders. Aluminum windows installed in the 1950s and later interior alterations were reversed in a restoration completed in 2010. The building still serves as the county courthouse and retains a high degree of historic integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alfred Giles, architect; Westlake & Mizzell, builders","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; restored and rededicated in 2010, with wood windows returned and much of the original interior finishes recovered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.260707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/9713/40971399/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12000193.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000193/e79231df4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000193/e79231df4d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooks_County_Courthouse,_Falfurrias,_Texas.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooks_County_Courthouse,_Falfurrias,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971399","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_County_Courthouse_(Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4974991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brooks-county/brooks-county-courthouse-12000193/"}