{"nrhp_refnum":"78002924","name":"Donley County Courthouse and Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Public Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarendon","county":"Donley County","state":"TX","lat":34.93741118100007,"lon":-100.89045660399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county courthouse (built 1890-1891) and jail (built 1903-1904) on the public square in Clarendon, Donley County, Texas. The courthouse is in Romanesque Revival style and was designed by Bulger and Rapp.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architectural and governmental significance. Both buildings are fine regional examples of nineteenth-century design, and they have been the focal point of county functions for about three-quarters of a century. The courthouse is described as the finest surviving example of nineteenth-century architecture in the area.","narrative":"Two county buildings on the public square in Clarendon, Texas, make up this listing: a courthouse finished in 1891 and a jail accepted in 1904. The courthouse, designed by Bulger and Rapp and built by Troutman Brothers of Colorado, is a Romanesque Revival work with St. Louis pressed brick walls on a quarry-faced stone base, polychromatic masonry and an asymmetrical plan. The upper tower, dormers and conical turret roof were removed in the 1930s, but original interior finishes, stamped metal ceilings, stained glass and vault doors survive. The jail is a cubical stuccoed building with a battlement-like corner feature, built from plans supplied by the Pauly Jail Building Company and contracted to J.A. White for $8,980. County government in Donley County began in makeshift quarters, and these buildings replaced improvised arrangements. Both still serve their original purposes, and the courthouse is described as the finest surviving nineteenth-century building in the area.","period_of_significance":"Courthouse 1890-1891; jail 1903-1904","architect_builder":"Courthouse: Bulger and Rapp (architects), Troutman Brothers (contractors); Jail: Pauley Jail Building Co. (plans), J.A. White (contractor)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival (courthouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings remain in use. The courthouse still serves its original functions with a south annex added, and the jail still serves its original function. Condition is marked good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.757963-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/9718/40971821/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002924.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002924/320a4a398d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002924/320a4a398d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"The original uploader was Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donley_Courthouse_IMG_0667.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was 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:Donley_Courthouse_IMG_0667.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971821","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donley_County_Courthouse_and_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54871526"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/donley-county/donley-county-courthouse-and-jail-78002924/"}