{"nrhp_refnum":"97001659","name":"Lassen County Court House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Square","address_restricted":false,"city":"Susanville","county":"Lassen County","state":"CA","lat":40.41640394800004,"lon":-120.663619601,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story reinforced concrete county court house faced in native sandstone, with a full basement and partial third story, on Court House Square in Susanville, Lassen County, California. It was constructed in 1917.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a significant early 20th century Beaux Arts Classical Revival court house, with extensive terra-cotta ornamentation and a highly intact interior and courtroom. It is described as the only historic courthouse and the only substantial Classical Revival building in Lassen County. It was assessed for statewide significance but found to qualify at the local level.","narrative":"Lassen County's court house in Susanville is a two-story reinforced concrete building, about 124 by 64 feet, built in 1917 and faced in gray sandstone quarried near the town. It sits at the center of a two-acre square and is organized around a Doric entry portico with flanking wings. Terra-cotta ornament appears on the entablature, cornice and belt course, including gargoyle faces, acanthus, Greek key and egg motifs. Inside, a two-story lobby has marble stairs with terra-cotta balusters, terrazzo floors and a wide ornamental ceiling molding. The second-floor courtroom is described as one of the most richly detailed and least altered historic rooms in California. Aluminum replacement windows, a changed entry landing and dropped office ceilings are the main alterations. The building is significant as an early twentieth-century Beaux Arts Classical Revival court house and as the county's only historic courthouse, and it still serves as one.","period_of_significance":"1917-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival (Beaux Arts Classical Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a courthouse; the building retains a very high degree of integrity despite window replacement, a rebuilt entry landing, a handicap ramp and a dropped ceiling in first-floor offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.341816-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/97001659.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001659/f1fae901ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001659/f1fae901ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Finetooth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lassen_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Finetooth</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Lassen_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858895","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassen_County_Court_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65059293"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/lassen-county/lassen-county-court-house-97001659/"}