BlockFrom the record
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Parmer County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Parmer County Courthouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 401 3rd St., Farwell, 79325
- When was it listed? March 2019
- Category. building
- Census division. Farwell-Bovina
- National Register reference number. 100003490 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Parmer County Courthouse between 1994 and 2017, burning about 464 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Mule Shoe National Wildlife Refuge | SHREDDER FIRE |
| 24 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Las Vegas District | US 70 |
| 16 May 2017 | Natural | 25 acres | Las Vegas District | GARRETT |
| 9 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 22 April 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FEEDLOT |
| 2 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 9 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HARTLEY |
| 9 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHARLIE |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parmer County Courthouse: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farwell, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farwell | $10,000 | Television weathercasters from the Amarillo area estimated 80 mph wind gusts near town. The wind blew down power lines, trees, and large tree limbs. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Farwell | - | Rain showers and thunderstorms moving out of New Mexico early on the morning of the second repeatedly trained over Parmer County producing nearly four inches of rain within a few hours. Law enforcement in Parmer County as well as pictures from social media showed water over US Highway 60 between Farwell and Bovina as well as several other roadways. Additionally, law enforcement reported several vehicles were stranded in flood waters. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Farwell | - | A member of the public reported quarter size hail in Farwell. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farwell | - | Carport blown into powerlines due to strong winds. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Farwell | - | Law enforcement officials observed flooding along approximately a one mile stretch of Farm to Market Road 3333 northeast of Farwell, forcing them to close the road for a short period. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Farwell | - | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail south of Farwell. Damage was unknown. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farwell | - | The public estimated winds to 70 mph along with penny size hail as limbs were ripped from trees. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farwell | - | The Parmer County Sheriff estimated a wind gust to 60 mph a couple miles southeast of Farwell on U.S. Highway 84. No damage was reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farwell | - | The Parmer County Sheriff's Office reported that thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to exceed 60 mph in Farwell. Visibility was reportedly near zero in wind-driven rain, but no damages were reported. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Farwell | - | County officials reported that golfball size hail fell at the Parmer County Courthouse in Farwell. No damage was reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Farwell | - | The broadcast media relayed reports of giant baseball size hail ten miles east of Farwell along Farm to Market Road 145. Agricultural officials reported that cotton, wheat, and corn crops were severely damaged across portions of western and central Parmer County. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Farwell | - | Local law enforcement officials reported that heavy rainfall caused minor flooding of low lying areas, including a number of roadways, across Parmer County. Water reportedly ponded over Farm to Market Road 2013 west of Friona in addition to several roadways in the Farwell vicinity. No road closures were required. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Farwell | - | Numerous county roads were reportedly inundated by flowing flood waters from just south of Farwell to the Parmer/Bailey County line. No damage was reported. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Farwell | - | The public reported a tornado south of Farwell. The tornado remained in open fields just east of the Texas/New Mexico border. Local officials found no damage in the area.| |
| June 2007 | Hail | Farwell | - | The Parmer County Sheriff's Office reported quarter size hail in Farwell. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Farwell | - | Several automobiles stranded on highway 60 between Friona and Farwell. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Farwell | - | Highway 84 was reported flooded in town. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farwell | - | Law enforcement personnel estimated that 60 to 70 mph wind gusts blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Farwell | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Farwell | - | 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 100003490 in Record Group 79. |
| Parmer County | All 1 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.