{"nrhp_refnum":"86003660","name":"Yolo County Courthouse","other_names":["The Courthouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"725 Court St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodland","county":"Yolo County","state":"CA","lat":38.679296703000034,"lon":-121.77097574999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story county courthouse on a rusticated masonry basement at 725 Court Street, Courthouse Square, in central Woodland, Yolo County, California. It was completed in 1917 to designs by architect William Henry Weeks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the courthouse is significant for its association with the development of Woodland and local government in Yolo County. It is also presented as a fine example of the monumental government buildings of its period, notable for its beauty and innovative use of building materials. It is described as the only surviving example of this monumental governmental type still in use in the county.","narrative":"Yolo County Courthouse, completed in 1917 on Courthouse Square in the center of Woodland, is a two-story classical building that rises from a rusticated masonry basement and is topped by an open balustrade. Its walls are Portland cement faced with Colusa sandstone, with terra cotta cornice work made by Gladding-McBean, and a Corinthian portico reached by 21 stone steps. Inside, marble, oak woodwork and rotundas with murals by Theodosa Durand remain largely as built. San Francisco architect William Henry Weeks designed it, and Robert Trost of San Francisco was the general contractor. It replaced an earlier courthouse condemned as unsafe in 1911, after faulty foundations and the 1902 earthquake. The square itself was deeded to the county in 1862 by Franklin S. Freeman. The building was listed for its link to Woodland's growth and county government, and as a fine, little-altered example of monumental public architecture of its era. It remains in use for courts and county offices.","period_of_significance":"1917","architect_builder":"William Henry Weeks (1864-1936), architect; Robert Trost of San Francisco, general contractor","architectural_style":"Eclectic combination of Greek, Roman and Renaissance styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use by the County of Yolo; the exterior is described as unchanged since 1917, and interior renovation was under way to restore original appearance and court functions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.446567-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/86003660.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003660/b3870955df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003660/b3870955df-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Epolk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yolo_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epolk</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yolo_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000471","name":"Downtown Woodland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/downtown-woodland-historic-district-99000471/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862418","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolo_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054810"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/yolo-county/yolo-county-courthouse-86003660/"}