{"nrhp_refnum":"12000587","name":"Hutchinson County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"500 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stinnett","county":"Hutchinson County","state":"TX","lat":35.82927409000007,"lon":-101.44284658499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Beaux Arts brick courthouse at 500 South Main Street in Stinnett, Hutchinson County, Texas, built in the late 1920s as the county's fourth and final courthouse.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the courthouse as a good example of 1920s civic architecture in Texas, with high-style Beaux Arts design and decorative friezes depicting the petroleum, farm and ranch, and cattle industries. It also marks the county's oil-boom prosperity and the 1926 move of the county seat from Plemons to Stinnett.","narrative":"Rising from the highest point of a two-acre block in Stinnett, this four-story buff brick courthouse serves as the seat of Hutchinson County government. Its Beaux Arts design includes grand round-arch entries, paired pilasters, limestone quoins, balustrades, and steel casement windows that create the look of a blind arcade. Carved panels in the parapet depict the petroleum, farm and ranch, and cattle industries, the area's three principal commercial enterprises. The building was erected during the Panhandle oil boom, after county voters moved the seat from declining Plemons to the new town of Stinnett in 1926. It is the county's fourth courthouse; neither of the first two survives. Later changes include a 1980s elevator, air conditioning and dropped ceilings, though much original oak furniture, hardware and marble remains. A 1982 jail and a storage shed on the block do not contribute to its historic character. The courthouse retains good integrity as a 1920s civic landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Beaux Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; described as in good overall condition with a good degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.706089-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/9726/40972646/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12000587.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000587/91f54b2c3b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000587/91f54b2c3b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Wordbuilder","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hutchinson_County_Texas_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wordbuilder</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hutchinson_County_Texas_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972646","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hutchinson-county/hutchinson-county-courthouse-12000587/"}