{"nrhp_refnum":"80004141","name":"Maverick County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Public Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eagle Pass","county":"Maverick County","state":"TX","lat":28.709530780000023,"lon":-100.50169815899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick county courthouse on the Public Square in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas, built 1884-1885 to designs by Wahrenberger and Beckman of San Antonio and constructed by local contractor William Hausser.","why_significant":"The nomination argues architectural significance for its unusual chamfered corners, Roman-arched openings, clock tower and corbeled brick cornice, which survives where many Texas cornices of sheet metal do not. It also claims historical significance as the center of county government for nearly a century and the site of the 1889 Dick Duncan trial.","narrative":"Built in 1884-1885 on the public square of Eagle Pass, this brick courthouse served Maverick County government for nearly a century. Wahrenberger and Beckman of San Antonio designed it, and local contractor William Hausser built it. The plan is a square with a central corridor, offices on the ground floor and the courtroom upstairs. Chamfered corners soften the mass, Roman-arched openings repeat across the walls and tower, and a clock tower still holds its original clock and bell. A corbeled brick cornice survives, unlike the sheet metal cornices lost on many other Texas courthouses. Small additions around 1930 echoed the original details, while interiors were updated over the years. The building also hosted the 1889 trial of Dick Duncan, whose hanging in the county jail in 1891 was the only execution in the county. After a new courthouse opened in 1978, the old one stood vacant, though residents hoped to keep it and find new uses.","period_of_significance":"1884-1885","architect_builder":"Wahrenberger and Beckman (architects); William Hausser (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good and altered. A new courthouse was completed nearby in 1978, and the old building was vacant with future reuse uncertain when the form was prepared.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.420264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/9729/40972968/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004141.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004141/36c3431a62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004141/36c3431a62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAVERICK_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAVERICK_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972968","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107322663"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/maverick-county/maverick-county-courthouse-80004141/"}