Dallas County Courthouse

Dallas, United States

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Phone: +1 214 745 1100

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The Dallas County Courthouse, completed in 1892 at 100 South Houston Street in Dallas, is a Richardsonian Romanesque structure of red sandstone with rusticated marble accents, designed by architect Max A. Orlopp Jr. of the Little Rock firm Orlopp & Kusener. Its fireproof masonry construction was a deliberate response to four previous courthouse buildings destroyed by fire. Originally crowned by a 123-foot clock tower bearing a two-ton bell—removed in 1919 due to structural instability—the building has witnessed significant Texas history, including Carrie Nation's 1904 temperance lecture, Sarah T. Hughes's 1935 swearing-in as the state's first female judge, and President Kennedy's motorcade passing minutes before his assassination in 1963. After being replaced as the active courthouse in 1966, it was restored and opened as the Old Red Museum in 2007, with its clock tower reconstructed during that renovation. In 2024, the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals relocated into the building, returning it to judicial use. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

Architect

Orlopp and Kusener

Movement

Richardsonian Romanesque Romanesque Revival architecture

Built: 1892
Type: museum, courthouse, county courthouse
Materials: sandstone
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Place: Dallas, United States

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