{"nrhp_refnum":"97001598","name":"Atascosa County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Circle Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jourdanton","county":"Atascosa County","state":"TX","lat":28.919785465000075,"lon":-98.54603811899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Mission Revival county courthouse on a circular plot on Circle Drive in Jourdanton, Atascosa County, Texas, designed by architect Henry T. Phelps and completed in 1912-13.","why_significant":"It is nominated under Criterion A at the local level for its role as the seat of county government after the controversial move of the county seat from Pleasanton to Jourdanton. It is nominated under Criterion C at the state level as the only surviving Texas courthouse showing the full range of Mission Revival features. Its circular setting is also unusual among Texas courthouses.","narrative":"Atascosa County's courthouse in Jourdanton is a brick and cast stone building completed in 1912-13 to designs by San Antonio architect Henry T. Phelps. It sits on a circular plot where the town's main streets converge, rather than on the usual Texas courthouse square. Curvilinear parapets, arcaded loggias, a central tower and a steeply pitched tile roof mark it as Mission Revival. Its construction followed a disputed 1910 election that moved the county seat from Pleasanton to Jourdanton, and the building then became the center of local politics, courts and public events. The nomination describes it as the only surviving Texas courthouse with the full range of Mission Revival features, and as Phelps' only courthouse in that style. Later changes include glazed loggias in 1927, air conditioning in 1958, and aluminum windows installed in 1976. The county plans to restore wood windows and repair the tower. The courthouse still serves county government.","period_of_significance":"1912-47","architect_builder":"Phelps, Henry T. (architect); Gordon Jones Construction Co. (builder)","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as the county courthouse; the form notes planned window replacement, tower restoration and roof work.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.134067-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/9710/40971013/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97001598.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001598/68f2eaf1d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001598/68f2eaf1d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atascosa_county_courthouse.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:Atascosa_county_courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971013","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atascosa_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4812863"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/atascosa-county/atascosa-county-courthouse-97001598/"}