Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
“The Lee County Courthouse is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark, is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Lee County Courthouse (Texas), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Lee County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. 1 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 | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 290 W. # 2 |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE |
| 9 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOWER |
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHADE |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 S 2 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHNEIDER WELDING |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lee County Courthouse: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitschke | Bentonite | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Giddings, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 22 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Giddings | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A high end EF-0 tornado touched down damaging a Ramada Hotel on Highway 290 east of the city of Giddings. Most of the damage consisted of uprooted trees rooted in wet soils while other damage included a destroyed outbuilding, whose debris were lofted into the Ramada Hotel causing window and roof damage to the hotel. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Giddings | $500,000 | The extremely large hail damaged hundreds of cars windows and bodies and dented and damaged the roofs of dozens of homes. Many consider this to be the most devastating hail storm in the city of Giddings in over 50 years. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $200,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed severely damaged a large barn northeast of Giddings along FM141. The winds destroyed the roof of the barn. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Giddings | $100,000 | Large, very dense hail, propelled by winds estimated at 30 to 40 mph caused widespread damage to vehicles from northeast of Giddings to near Dime Box. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $90,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off several businesses in Giddings. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Giddings | $80,000 | The tornado developed just south of Giddings, moving toward the northeast as it destroyed a barn and a mobile home. The tornado crossed SH 290 and damaged a nursery along with several small sheds before dissipating. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $80,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $80,000 | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $50,000 | Trees were knocked down and damage was reported to outbuildings between Giddings and Lexington as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Giddings | $50,000 | A second tornado was spotted just northeast of Giddings by a Deputy Sheriff. It also moved briefly northeastward, destroying a barn and fence. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm blew over a metal barn near Loebau. The storm then headed northeastward and destroyed the roof of a farm house. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Giddings | $50,000 | Up to dime-size hail was reported in Giddings by a TV-36 Stormtracker. Two auto dealerships in Giddings reported significant damage to their stock. Several cars in town had windshields broken out and several homes had roof damage. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $20,000 | High winds blew down trees in the Giddings area. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $20,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds struck the Northrup area near Giddings, knocking down trees and taking the roofs off mobile homes and small sheds. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped large Oak trees on the south side of Giddings. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $10,000 | A farmer in Ledbetter reported damage to his barn along with trees blown down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $10,000 | The Lee County Sheriff's Department reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees in the Giddings area. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. A dead tree was knocked down and the winds lifted a trampoline onto the roof of a house. The trampoline had been staked to the ground with two feet of rebar. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to two inches in diameter in Giddings. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Giddings. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail just west of Giddings. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Giddings. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Giddings. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 75 mph in Giddings. The gusty winds were accompanied with quarter size hail. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Giddings | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Giddings. The hail was accompanied by winds gusts estimated at 75 mph. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Giddings | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing numerous roads across the county. The CO-OP observer in Giddings reported 5.95 inches of rain since 3:30 PM. |
| January 2013 | Hail | Giddings | - | Hail size estimated at one inch. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Giddings | - | The Lee County Sheriff reported hail up to quarter size near the town of Northrup. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Giddings | - | FM2440 was closed due to water covering the road northwest of Giddings. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Giddings | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 3 inch rain amounts with up to 6 inches near Northrup. Flash flooding closed many rural roads, including FM141 and FM448. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Giddings | - | Thunderstorms produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain over southern Lee County. Highest totals were 4 inches just east of Giddings. FM141 and FM180 were closed due to flash flooding. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Giddings | - | The thunderstorms dropped between 3 and 4 inches over Lee County, with totals of up to 8 inches near Mainheim as well as just west of Giddings. Many rural roads in northern Lee County were closed. Nearly all roads were reported to have been closed around Blue in northwest Lee County. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Giddings | - | The thunderstorms that formed along the northern Texas Hill Country in the late afternoon moved into Lee County by late evening. The storms blew down trees and power lines between Giddings and Lexington. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Giddings | - | Evening thunderstorms over southern Lee County produced general 1 inch totals with highest amounts between 2 and 3 inches in the Giddings area. Flash flooding blocked roads in and around Giddings during the late night hours. Water briefly flooded several homes in Giddings. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Giddings | - | The combination of strong thunderstorm winds estimated at 40 to 50 mph and hail up to an inch in diameter destroyed crops just east of Giddings. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Giddings | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Schubert House | under 500 feet | 1970 |
 | Droemer Brickyard Site | 1.1 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75001998 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lee County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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