Fort Bend County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Fort Bend County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Texas, United States. It was built in 1908 by Charles Henry Page, who also designed several other Texas courthouses.”
Wikipedia article Fort Bend County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Fort Bend County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 400 Jackson St., Richmond, 77469
When was it listed? March 1980
Category. building
Census division. Rosenberg-Richmond
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 80004119 - 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

13 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Fort Bend County Courthouse between 2003 and 2017, burning about 82 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
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
11 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CLAY ST
3 August 2003	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 62
15 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
25 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
6 June 2011	Natural	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
29 June 2013	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	715 SECR 1190
8 May 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
28 May 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fort Bend County Courthouse: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Dredging Corporation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sand
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Fort Bend County

Storms near this property

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$100,000	Roof was torn off a mobile home.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$100,000	Numerous trees and signs blown down in area. Small building destroyed at Cottonwood with barn blown down on Psencik Road. Power poles down at Cottonwood and on Band Road.
March 2002	Hail	Richmond	$75,000	Quarter sized hail occurred in the Pecan Grove Plantation subdivision, reported by a ham radio operator.
January 2012	Flash Flood	Richmond	$30,000	Heavy rains produced flash flooding across portions of Fort Bend County from the Richmond area to the Sugar Land area. Boat rescues were needed due to submerged vehicles and stranded motorists.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$25,000	Trees and a fence down in the Pecan Creek Subdivision near the intersection of FM Road 359 and FM Road 723.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$18,000	There was some roof damage to the Richmond Police Department building. In the nearby park, several trees lost limbs or were blown down.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$12,000	Thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree that damaged a concrete path at the Fort Bend Country Club. There were also reports of roof and water line damage.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$10,000	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Richmond	$10,000	no account filed
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$8,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged windows at Hutchinson Elementary School.
February 2012	Flash Flood	Richmond	$5,000	Water was over the roads along FM 359 and Pitts Road near Melody Lane. Water was rising and threatening residences as nearby creeks were at bankfull.
March 2007	Hail	Richmond	$5,000	Penny size hail.
October 2006	Lightning	Richmond	$5,000	A lightning strike caused damage to a residential home.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Downburst downed trees.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Richmond	$5,000	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Richmond	$4,000	Hail reported at intersection of Highways 90 and 36.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Power lines were downed at FM 359 and Plantation Road.
March 2013	Hail	Richmond	$1,000	Half dollar size hail fell on Thomson Crossing Drive. The hail damaged a residential home including a cracked window.
March 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$1,000	Tree down.
March 2007	Hail	Richmond	$1,000	Penny-size hail.
April 2007	Lightning	Richmond	$1,000	Lightning strike at Richmond Police Department. Lightning struck an antique 1897 flag pole atop building and exploded it into several splinters. One 4 foot section of the pole was reported to have embedded itself in the ground across the street from the police station.
October 2006	Lightning	Richmond	$1,000	A lightning strike caused minimal damage to a residential home.
April 2023	Hail	Richmond	-	There was quarter sized hail in the Pecan Grove area.
October 2021	Flash Flood	Richmond	-	Heavy rainfall resulted in the US 90 underpass at Thompson Rd becoming impassable due to floodwaters.
May 2019	Flash Flood	Richmond	-	There was street flooding and road closures in the town of Richmond.
April 2017	Flash Flood	Richmond	-	The intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and FM 762 was flooded.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Richmond	-	Sections of FM 762 were flooded around SH 69 south of Richmond.\|\|Major record level flooding of both the Brazos and San Bernard Rivers caused significant home flooding from Richmond to Rosharon. Massive flooding occurred in Tierra Grande subdivision along the San Bernard River in southwestern Fort Bend County. Home flooding occurred at Valley Lodge in Simonton, along Edgewood and Baudet Roads in Richmond, along Bar, Barker, Cumings, Sixth Street, Avenue B and Rio Brazos Roads in Rosenberg. Sections of FM 2759 as well as the Grand River, Rivers Edge and Pecan Estates in Thompsons flooded. Many countywide roads became inundated in flood waters including, but not limited to, Highway 90A, Pitts Road, FM 1489, FM 723, FM 1093, FM 359, SH 6 feeder roads, Sienna Parkway, Carrol Road, McKeever Road, Knights Court, Miller Road, river Oaks Road, Thompsons Ferry Road, Strange Drive, Greenwood Drive, Second Street and low lying roads in Quail Valley in Missouri City. Due to record pool levels in Barker Reservoir, homes in Cinco Ranch flooded. Big Creek flooding in Needville caused the flooding of homes on Ansel Road.
April 2015	Hail	Richmond	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported in Richmond.
August 2015	Hail	Richmond	-	Nickel sized hail was reported.
August 2015	Hail	Richmond	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
October 2013	Heavy Rain	Richmond	-	Heavy rain caused street flooding in the town of Richmond.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	-	A spotter reported strong winds that were lifting shingles off residences.
July 2008	Funnel Cloud	Richmond	-	The funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of US 90 and FM 359.
May 2001	Funnel Cloud	Richmond	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fort Bend 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
John M. and Lottie D. Moore House	under 500 feet	2001
Methodist Church of Richmond	under 500 feet	2014
Lamar-Calder House	0.3 miles	2005
Holy Rosary Catholic Church	3.8 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80004119 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fort Bend County	All 8 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.