Lampasas Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Lampasas County · listed in 2004 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by Second St., Pecan St., Fourth St. and Chestnut St., Lampasas, 76550
When was it listed? January 2004
Category. district
Census division. Lampasas
Architectural style. Victorian architecture
National Register reference number. 03001540 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

32 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Lampasas Downtown Historic District between 2006 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
29 September 2010	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HIGHWAY 281 NORTH
28 September 2010	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LOMETA FIRE
28 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
9 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	4383 N HWY 281
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HWY 963 (11-0090)
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	KEMPNER FIRE
3 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	STIFFEMIRE
19 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	800 CR 1715

Every fire recorded in Lampasas County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lampasas Downtown Historic District: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Milwhite Quarry	Silica	Past Producer	Tripoli
Road Material Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Sedimentary
Lampasas Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lampasas Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Road Material Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Road Material Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Road Material Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Caliche
Road Material Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Sedimentary
Road Material Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Caliche
Road Material Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Caliche

Every working recorded in Lampasas County

Storms near this property

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lampasas, the town this property stands in, in 73 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 32 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2016	Flood	Lampasas	$300,000	Late newspaper reports indicated emergency personnel rescued nine people for high water after several residences were flooded by rain and heavy rain over the past few days. Approximately nine people were pulled from the flood waters. Water forced at least five additional persons to be displaced due to the flood.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Lampasas	$300,000	Flooding was reported along Highways 183 and 190 near the city. Water was as high as four feet on Highway 183. Evacuations were required near Mesquite Creek. Numerous low water crossings were barricaded. About twenty apartments and several homes were damaged by high water and deemed unihabitable. Many of the residents lost most of their possessions. In addition, the School Creek Bridge was washed away, with the road closed indefinitely.
March 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$175,000	A building on Highway 190 E, east of Lampasas, was heavily damaged by high winds. The building suffered partial roof loss and partially collapsed walls. Seven units at a nearby storage facility were also damaged by 2x6 timbers and debris from the building. Timbers were also driven into a nearby double-wide mobile home, and a window was broken out at the residence. Some timbers were sticking up out of the ground around the residence. One 50-60' tall elm tree near the home was snapped in half and fell on a car. Only minor dents were sustained to the car. Also nearby, a fireworks stand was destroyed.
March 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$75,000	A 60 foot tall oak tree was uprooted and crashed into a residence on 4th street in Lampasas. The house was significantly damaged. Also in Lampasas, the roof was blown off a portable building at the Lampasas Middle School.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$75,000	Trees were blown over and uprooted and roofs and fences were damaged.
April 2016	Hail	Lampasas	$50,000	Golf ball sized hail fell in the city of Lampasas.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Lampasas	$50,000	Numerous roads including Highway 190 was closed with water over it. A swift water rescue was required when a woman and two toddlers were trapped with waist-high water in the house. Severals cars and trucks were stranded and the occupants needed rescuing.
June 2015	Heavy Rain	Lampasas	$30,000	Rain slick roads contributed to the crash of a school bus at U.S. Highway 281 and U.S. Highway 190 in Lampasas. No one was injured.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$30,000	A roof was blown off a house to the east of Lampasas. Trees were also uprooted and power lines were knocked down.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$30,000	There was heavy damage to Builders Mart and a brick wall was blown down onto a late model vehicle. Trees were blown down on CR 2001 on the west side of Lampasas and near Adamsville.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$25,000	A manufactured home on CR 3430 suffered significant damage from straightline winds. Part of the metal roof was peeled back and removed, but the ceiling beams were still in tact. The inside was exposed and damaged by incoming rain.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$25,000	A Taco Bell sign was destroyed, the sheet metal roof of a funeral home was peeled back, a plate glass window was blown out, and numerous trees were uprooted. The weathernet site has a wind gust to 58 miles an hour.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$20,000	Tree and minor roof damage was reported. Time estimated.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$10,000	A county official reported a tree being blown onto a house and multiple power lines down in the eastern part of the city of Lampasas, TX.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$10,000	Lampasas Sheriff's Department reported numerous trees and power lines down, causing several road blocks and power outages in the city.
June 2009	Hail	Lampasas	$10,000	Baseball size hail fell along Highway 281 4 miles north of Lampasas.
June 2009	Hail	Lampasas	$10,000	Baseball size hail fell 3 miles east of Lampasas.
May 2008	Hail	Lampasas	$10,000	Golfball-size hail was reported at the sheriff's office.
April 2018	Hail	Lampasas	$5,000	A social media picture indicated golf-ball sized hail off the north end of the runway at Lampasas Airport.
July 2008	Lightning	Lampasas	$5,000	Lightning struck an oak tree in a driveway, busting some of the concrete and exposing steel rebar.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Lampasas	$5,000	Cars were stranded in high water downtown.
April 2006	Hail	Lampasas	$5,000	Golf ball-size hail reported in town.
May 2006	Hail	Lampasas	$5,000	no account filed
January 2020	Hail	Lampasas	$3,000	no account filed
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$2,000	Large limbs were knocked down and trees were uprooted in the city of Lampasas.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Lampasas	$2,000	Roads throughout the city of Lampasas were being barricaded.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$2,000	The roof of a barn was blown off and trees were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$2,000	Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$2,000	Power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$1,000	Power lines knocked down.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	$1,000	Powerlines were damaged by high winds.
May 2024	Hail	Lampasas	-	Trained spotter reported nickel hail in Lampasas.
April 2023	Hail	Lampasas	-	Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail on the east side of Lampasas, TX.
November 2022	Hail	Lampasas	-	Quarter to half-dollar sized hail was reported in Lampasas.
March 2018	Hail	Lampasas	-	A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately one mile south of the city of Lampasas, TX along Highway 281.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	-	Lampasas PD reported several trees down in the city of Lampasas, TX.
April 2014	Hail	Lampasas	-	Broadcast media reported quarter sized hail in Lampasas.
January 2010	Flash Flood	Lampasas	-	Roads were barricaded around Sulphur Creek due to a rapid rise in water.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	-	A 60 mph wind gust was estimated 12 miles east of Lampasas.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	-	A 70 MPH wind gust was measured by amateur radio operators.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Lampasas	-	Several county and secondary roads flooded.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Lampasas	-	Continued flooding and barricading of a few secondary roads.
June 2005	Hail	Lampasas	-	Golf ball size hail reported just west of Lampasas.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Lampasas	-	Several roads flooded and closed off in and around Lampasas. Cars were stranded in the flood waters.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Lampasas	-	Roads were closed between highwat 190 and Highway 281. More flooding was reported south of Highwat 190 and west of Lampasas.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Lampasas	-	Little Lucy Creek was flooding. High water was over east FM 581 and County Road 3500. Numerous county roads and low water crossings around Lampasas were flooded.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	-	A wind gust to 69 miles an hour occurred at the Lampasas High School.
February 2000	Tornado (F0)	Lampasas	-	A brief tornado occurred at the Flying L Ranch, but no damaged was reported.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	-	Large trees were blown down by high thunderstorm wind.
May 1993	Hail	Lampasas	-	Quarter-size hail was reported the northern part of the County, by a TV-Weather Watcher.
October 1993	Tornado (F0)	Lampasas	-	The Department of Public Safety reported a tornado in the northern part of the County.
May 2021	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
March 2014	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lampasas	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Lampasas	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lampasas County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Phillips and Trosper Buildings	0.1 miles	1987
Markward Homestead	1.3 miles	2016
Lampasas Colored School	5.2 miles	2002
Lampasas County Courthouse	7.3 miles	1971

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03001540 in Record Group 79.
Lampasas County	All 6 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.