{"nrhp_refnum":"88001918","name":"Lamar County Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"625 W. Washington","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Lamar County","state":"TX","lat":33.65403425000005,"lon":-101.56280243399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A raised two-story masonry former hospital at 625 W. Washington in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, built in 1926 on a five-acre tract in a park-like setting. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"It served as the district hospital for Lamar County from 1926 to 1972, providing quality medical care to Paris and beyond and contributing to Paris' role as a regional medical center. It is also one of the most significant surviving local buildings showing Classical Revival/Beaux Arts influence, the style used for virtually all public buildings built after the 1916 Paris fire.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at 625 W. Washington in Paris, Texas, this raised two-story brick building served as the district hospital for Lamar County until 1972. It sits on a five-acre tract in a park-like setting. The rectangular main block has a 13-bay facade with one-over-one windows, a central porch carried on Doric columns and square piers, and swags decorating the entablature. Common bond brickwork, ornamental diapering atop the main block, and brick quoins at the corners and lintels add detail. The hospital provided quality medical care to Paris and surrounding areas and helped establish the city's present role as a regional medical center. Its Classical Revival and Beaux Arts influence reflects the style used for nearly all public buildings erected in Paris in the decade after the 1916 fire. A colored ward and nurses quarters to the south have been demolished, and some windows and the upper central block have been altered. The building now houses county offices.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition listed as fair; present use is county offices. The colored ward and nurses quarters to the south have been demolished, and there have been some changes to windows and the upper central block.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.675559-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/9697/40969783/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001918.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001918/794b0cf2a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001918/794b0cf2a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamar_County_Hospital_Paris_Wiki_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Lamar_County_Hospital_Paris_Wiki_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969783","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lamar-county/lamar-county-hospital-88001918/"}