{"nrhp_refnum":"92001375","name":"Dallam County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Fifth and Denrock Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dalhart","county":"Dallam County","state":"TX","lat":36.06160973900006,"lon":-102.52235392999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick county courthouse with a half-basement at Fifth and Denrock streets in Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas, built in 1923 to designs by J. Roy Smith and William C. Townes.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the courthouse has served as the county's seat of justice since 1923 and was a center of local political and social activity (Criterion A). It also presents the building as an exceptional local example of Classical Revival design with Beaux Arts planning and Mission Revival parapets (Criterion C).","narrative":"Dallam County Courthouse, at Fifth and Denrock streets in Dalhart, is a three-story red brick building with a half-basement, a rectangular plan and a flat roof. Completed in 1923, it was designed by Amarillo architects J. Roy Smith and William C. Townes and built by A.F. Stewart of Oklahoma City after a $150,000 bond issue passed in 1922. Its south front has a projecting portico with four colossal Ionic columns, cast stone cornices and string courses, and a stepped parapet influenced by Mission Revival design. The main floor sits high above grade, a Beaux Arts arrangement, and a two-story district courtroom occupies the upper floors. It replaced a 1903 courthouse and has served as the county seat of justice ever since. The nomination credits it with a central role in county politics and describes it as an exceptional local example of Classical Revival design. It remains in use and retains a high degree of integrity, with accessibility upgrades made in 1987.","period_of_significance":"1923-1942","architect_builder":"Smith, J. Roy; Townes, William C.; Stewart, A.F.","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as the county courthouse; described as in excellent condition, with interior changes such as ramps and an elevator added in 1987.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.284098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/9716/40971627/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92001375.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001375/0be84f9baf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001375/0be84f9baf-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:Dallam_County,_TX,_Courthouse_IMG_0555.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:Dallam_County,_TX,_Courthouse_IMG_0555.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971627","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallam_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14710442"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallam-county/dallam-county-courthouse-92001375/"}