Lavaca County Courthouse

Lavaca County Courthouse
	Lavaca County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Texas State Antiquities Landmark
	Lavaca County Courthouse in 2014
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Location	Bounded by LaGrange, 2nd, 3rd, and Main Sts., Hallettsville, Texas
Coordinates	29°26′41″N 96°56′33″W / 29.44472°N 96.94250°WCoordinates: 29°26′41″N 96°56′33″W / 29.44472°N 96.94250°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1897-1899
Built by	A.T. Lucas
Architect	Eugene T. Heiner
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	71000945
TSAL No.	8200001135
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 11, 1971
Designated TSAL	January 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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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ File:Hallettsville-tx2016-11(courthouse).jpg
^ Staff. "Details for Lavaca County Courthouse (Atlas Number 4302000195)". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
^ 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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[2] File:Hallettsville-tx2016-11(courthouse).jpg

[THC1899-3] Staff. "Details for Lavaca County Courthouse (Atlas Number 4302000195)". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved January 5, 2019.

[nrhpdoc-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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