{"nrhp_refnum":"75001993","name":"Hudspeth County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Millican St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sierra Blanca","county":"Hudspeth County","state":"TX","lat":31.17984945300003,"lon":-105.35731963099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story, T-shaped adobe courthouse on Millican Street in Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, Texas, completed in 1922 for the newly created county and designed by Bradford Hardie of El Paso.","why_significant":"It is described as the only surviving adobe courthouse in Texas in continual use since it was built, and is believed to be the largest adobe structure in the state. It may also be one of the best examples of adobe construction in a public building still in everyday use.","narrative":"Completed in 1922 to serve the newly created Hudspeth County, this courthouse in Sierra Blanca is a one-story, T-shaped building made of adobe brick. The bricks, measuring 18 by 24 by 3½ inches, were made on the job site, and the walls are 18 inches thick with stucco outside and plaster inside. A red Spanish tile roof sits on wood trusses. The symmetrical facade has arcaded side bays flanking a central arched entrance with a console-supported hood and cartouche, in Classical Revival style. Architect Bradford Hardie of El Paso also designed an adobe store and office building in town. The courthouse is considered significant as the only surviving adobe courthouse in Texas used continuously since construction, and is believed to be the state's largest adobe structure. The building remains in good condition, although settlement has cracked some interior adobe walls and the front wall. Offices, a library, and a small jail occupy the original spaces.","period_of_significance":"1922","architect_builder":"Bradford Hardie","architectural_style":"Classical Revival detailing (Section 7); Mission style elements (inventory sheet)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in continuous use as the county courthouse; general condition good with adequate maintenance, though some structural cracking and differential settlement of the front wall is noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.000613-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/9726/40972628/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/75001993.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001993/28f8a2e675-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001993/28f8a2e675-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudspeth_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:Hudspeth_county_courthouse_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972628","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudspeth_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28126058"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hudspeth-county/hudspeth-county-courthouse-75001993/"}