{"nrhp_refnum":"80004119","name":"Fort Bend County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 Jackson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Fort Bend County","state":"TX","lat":29.58147251200006,"lon":-95.76172547499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story masonry county courthouse at 400 Jackson Street in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, erected in 1908 to designs by C.H. Page and Brothers of Austin, with additions made in 1935 and 1957.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of Classical Revival courthouse architecture and the visual and governmental focal point of Richmond and the county. Its domed roof makes it the tallest structure in town, visible from miles away. It also reflects the importance once placed on local county government and is the longest-serving of the county's courthouses.","narrative":"Fort Bend County's courthouse at 400 Jackson Street in Richmond, Texas, was erected in 1908 from designs by C.H. Page and Brothers of Austin and built by the Texas Building Company for $75,000. It is a three-story load-bearing masonry building in the Classical Revival style, with a projecting stone-columned portico, a rusticated brick first floor, a cruciform plan around a skylit rotunda, and a copper dome topped by a statue of Miss Liberty. Additions followed in 1935 and 1957. The building matters as a fine example of the style among Texas courthouses of its period and as the dominant landmark of Richmond, a town tied to Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. Its dome can be seen from miles away. The form records the importance once given to county government. It is the county's longest-serving courthouse and was the only building in town left undamaged by floods. Restoration of its public spaces was planned.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"C.H. Page and Brothers (built by the Texas Building Company)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"In government use and occupied; condition rated good and altered. An annex has been built across the street, and a major adaptive restoration is planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.854255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/9719/40971970/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004119/4e0489e511-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004119/4e0489e511-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_bend_courthouse.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:Fort_bend_courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971970","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/fort-bend-county/fort-bend-county-courthouse-80004119/"}