{"nrhp_refnum":"74002066","name":"Crockett County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"907 Ave. D","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ozona","county":"Crockett County","state":"TX","lat":30.710831745000064,"lon":-101.20042953699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone county courthouse at 907 Avenue D in Ozona, Crockett County, Texas, built in 1902 and designed by San Angelo architect Oscar Ruffini.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the 1902 Second Empire courthouse is one of the earliest monuments to the establishment of Crockett County, a late-settled area. It is called the finest example of Victorian public architecture in the area. It also served as a community center for social events and dances in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Built in 1902, this two-story limestone courthouse at 907 Avenue D in Ozona served Crockett County only eleven years after the county was organized. Oscar Ruffini, an architect from San Angelo, designed it in the Second Empire style. Hand-sawed native limestone from two local quarries was laid in rough-hewn ashlar blocks. The square plan has four matching five-bay facades, a gabled central pavilion, pyramidal-capped end pavilions, and a Mansard-roofed tower rising from the hipped roof. A one-story classical gallery wraps the facades, though parts have been enclosed or altered. County Judge Charles E. Davidson pushed for its construction, funded by a $30,000 bond issue, and required that it be usable for social events. In a town of about 1,500 people, the building held the courtroom, county offices and the largest dance hall space, and hosted weekly dances. It is described as the finest Victorian public building in the area.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Oscar Ruffini (architect)","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; occupied government use. Citizens planned to restore it as a museum and public library after the county outgrew it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.417104-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/9716/40971603/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/74002066.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002066/b11961bc07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002066/b11961bc07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crockett_county_courthouse_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crockett_county_courthouse_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971603","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crockett_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5187350"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/crockett-county/crockett-county-courthouse-74002066/"}