BlockFrom the record
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Trinity County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Trinity County Courthouse Square
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 162 W. First St., US 287 at TX 94, Groveton, 75845
- When was it listed? September 2004
- Category. building
- Census division. Groveton
- Architectural style. Beaux-Arts
- National Register reference number. 04000946 - 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
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Trinity County Courthouse Square between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,431 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 387 |
| 23 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | 528-A |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KICKAPOO WEST |
| 12 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8069 |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | LTSP AGAIN |
| 10 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 359 |
Storms near this property
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveton, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $100,000 | Roof damage to homes and barns with trees down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $80,000 | Two mobile homes damaged by fallen trees in Hog Heaven with numerous trees and power lines down in area. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $75,000 | Trees and power lines down from a Groveton to Apple Springs line. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Groveton | $40,000 | DPS & sheriff reported around 20 homes and 30 mobile homes damaged from falling trees in Groveton. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the county, especially between Groveton and Apple Springs and in the Nogalus area. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Groveton | $15,000 | Flooding in and around the town of Groveton. Flood waters on Highways 287, 94, and FM Road 355. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Trees down on Highway 287. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Trees and power lines down in area. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Trees down along Hwy 94E and FM 357. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $10,000 | Minor wind damage to homes in Groveton. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Groveton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $7,000 | Trees and powerlines down. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Groveton | $7,000 | 1.00 inch hail lasted about twenty minutes and covered the ground. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $6,000 | Tree down at the courthouse. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down in the Trevat area. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | Trees blown down 3 miles west of the HWY 287/94 intersection. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Groveton | $5,000 | Weak tornado downed trees 9 miles east of Groveton |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | Powerlines blown down |
| November 1997 | Flash Flood | Groveton | $5,000 | Street flooding. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Groveton | $4,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Groveton. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $4,000 | Tree limbs down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $3,000 | Trees down. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Groveton | $3,000 | Flooding on some county roads in and around Groveton. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $3,000 | Trees blown down on FM 2262. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Groveton | $2,000 | Nickel size hail. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Groveton | $2,000 | Nickel size hail. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Groveton | $2,000 | Sheriffs office reported golf ball-size hail in Groveton. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $500 | Large tree limbs were broken by strong winds between Groveton and Sebastopol. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Several large trees were downed on Highway 94. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Groveton | - | Flash flooding along CR 2662 resulted in the roadway becoming impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Groveton | - | Flash flooding along US Hwy 287 near Groveton resulted in the roadway becoming impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | South Groveton | - | Flash flooding along CR 1280 north of Groveton resulted in the roadway becoming impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | South Groveton | - | Flash flooding along TX Hwy 94 made the roadway impassable near Groveton. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Groveton | - | Quarter sized hail reported on Highway 94 between Groveton and Apple Springs. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Tree limbs were blown down on highway 94 northeast of Groveton. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Numerous trees and power outages were reported by local law enforcement across Groveton. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Trees downed near the intersection of FM 355 and Highway 287. |
| August 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Groveton | - | Funnel cloud sighted on Highway 94 near Glendale. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Groveton | - | The public reported a tornado between Groveton and Corrigan. |
| January 1994 | Hail | Groveton | - | no account filed |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000946 in Record Group 79. |
| Trinity County | All 2 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.
- 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.