{"nrhp_refnum":"97001209","name":"First National Bank Building","other_names":["Kent County Courthouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"402 Donoho St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jayton","county":"Kent County","state":"TX","lat":33.247794905000035,"lon":-100.57423274799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick bank building at 402 Donoho Street facing the public square in Jayton, Kent County, Texas, constructed in 1912 for the First National Bank of Jayton.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant in Commerce because it housed the bank that served Jayton and Kent County from 1907 until its 1932 receivership. It is also significant in Architecture as a good example of the enframed block bank form with Classical Revival ornamentation, probably designed by regional architect R.H. Stuckey.","narrative":"Built in 1912 on the public square of Jayton, Texas, this one-story brick building was home to the First National Bank of Jayton, founded in 1907. It follows the enframed block form commonly used by banks of the period and carries Classical Revival detail, including polished granite columns, quoins, bull's eye windows, denticulated molding and a pedimented parapet. Inside are oak teller stations, marble wainscots, a ten-foot leaded art glass domed skylight and early 1930s murals. The brick structure conveyed stability in a town of mostly frame buildings. The bank served an agricultural community until it entered receivership in 1932. The building later sat idle, briefly served as the Kent County courthouse in the 1950s, and was acquired by the neighboring Kent County State Bank, which rehabilitated it in the 1990s and linked it to its 1962 building. Its significance rests on its commercial role and its architecture, with a probable design by architect R.H. Stuckey.","period_of_significance":"1912-32","architect_builder":"Stuckey, R.H. (architect)","architectural_style":"Other: Enframed Block; Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent physical condition after a recent rehabilitation. It is connected internally to the adjacent 1962 bank building and continues in financial institution use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.882449-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9727/40972771/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97001209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001209/e0e67c4f90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001209/e0e67c4f90-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kerkom","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_Building_Jayton_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kerkom</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:First_National_Bank_Building_Jayton_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972771","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Bank_Building_(Jayton,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56290781"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/kent-county/first-national-bank-building-97001209/"}