Lavaca County Courthouse

Lavaca County Courthouse
Lavaca County Courthouse in 2014
Lavaca County Courthouse
Lavaca County Courthouse
LocationBounded by LaGrange, 2nd, 3rd, and Main Sts., Hallettsville, Texas
Coordinates29°26′41″N 96°56′33″W / 29.44472°N 96.94250°W / 29.44472; -96.94250 (Lavaca County Courthouse)
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1897 (1897)-1899 (1899)
Built byA.T. Lucas
ArchitectEugene T. Heiner
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.71000945[1]
TSAL No.8200001135
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 11, 1971
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1981

The Lavaca County Courthouse, in Hallettsville, Texas, is a courthouse which was built in 1897. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

It is the fifth structure serving as county seat for Lavaca County, originally "La Baca" County.[2]

It was designed by architect Eugene T. Heiner.[3]

It is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style courthouse, "strongly influenced" by H.H. Richardson's design of the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a raised three-story limestone building, cruciform in plan, with a hipped roof and pyramidal roofs and dormers.[4]

It is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark.

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ File:Hallettsville-tx2016-11(courthouse).jpg
  3. ^ Staff. "Details for Lavaca County Courthouse (Atlas Number 4302000195)". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Wayne Bell; Roxanne Williamson (November 5, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lavaca County Courthouse". National Archives. Retrieved May 25, 2018. With two photos. Downloading may be slow.

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