{"nrhp_refnum":"96000688","name":"Hunt County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2500 Lee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenville","county":"Hunt County","state":"TX","lat":33.139350544000024,"lon":-96.10638447399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story Classical Revival courthouse with Art Deco influences at 2500 Lee Street in downtown Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, completed in 1929 and filling an entire city block.","why_significant":"It is the seventh and latest courthouse to house Hunt County government and has been the center of county government since 1929. It blends Classical Revival detailing with the step-back massing of early Moderne/Art Deco design, reflecting a transition in Texas courthouse architecture. It remains largely intact inside and out.","narrative":"Hunt County's courthouse in downtown Greenville is a six-story building finished in 1929 and occupying a full city block on the original public square. Faced in ivory terra cotta, light brick and cut stone, it features rows of Ionic columns and a stepped-back upper section that shows Art Deco influence. Austin architects C.H. Page and Brother worked with Greenville architect William R. Ragsdale, and Ben W. Shepherd and Sons served as general contractors. It is the seventh courthouse for the county, following log, frame and brick predecessors, one of which burned in the 1880s. Voters approved a $400,000 bond in 1927, and the cornerstone was laid in 1928. The design emphasized fireproofing and records safety, with steel vaults, and it originally held a jail on the top two floors. The exterior is nearly unchanged apart from replaced entrance doors, and the building still serves county government. It was recognized for its role in local government and as an example of Texas courthouse design blending tradition and modernism.","period_of_significance":"1929-1946","architect_builder":"Page, Charles H.; Page, Louis C.; Ragsdale, William R.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival; Modern Movement/Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as the county courthouse; described as in excellent condition with few alterations, though the fifth floor is used for storage and the sixth-floor juvenile detention center is closed to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.780253-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/9726/40972640/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000688.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000688/7bc96610f4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000688/7bc96610f4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunt_County_Courthouse_Northwest_Corner_2018.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:Hunt_County_Courthouse_Northwest_Corner_2018.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972640","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321482"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hunt-county/hunt-county-courthouse-96000688/"}