Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)

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Dallas County Courthouse
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Dallas County Courthouse in 2011
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Dallas County Courthouse
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Dallas County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)
Interactive map showing the location for the former Dallas County Courthouse
Location100 S. Houston St.,
Dallas, Texas
Coordinates 32°46′45″N96°48′25″W / 32.77917°N 96.80694°W / 32.77917; -96.80694
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
ArchitectOrlopp & Kusener
Architectural style Romanesque
Website Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
Part of
NRHP reference No. 76002019 [1]
TSAL No. 8200000203
RTHL No. 6811
DLMKHD No. H/2 (West End HD)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Designated NHLDCPApril 19, 1993
Designated CPNovember 14, 1978
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1981
Designated RTHL1977
Designated DLMKHDOctober 6, 1975 [2]

The Dallas County Courthouse, built in 1892 of red sandstone with rusticated marble accents, is a historic governmental building located at 100 South Houston Street in Dallas, Texas. Also known as the Old Red Courthouse, it became the Old Red Museum, a local history museum, in 2007. In 2021, it was announced that the Old Red Museum would be moving out and the building is being returned into a hall of justice. The Texas Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is moving into Old Red (2024). [3] [4]

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It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture by architect Max A. Orlopp, Jr. of the Little Rock, Arkansas based firm Orlopp & Kusener. President John F. Kennedy's motorcade passed the courthouse minutes before his assassination on November 22, 1963. In 1966, the courthouse was replaced by a newer building nearby. On December 12, 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 20052007 the building was renovated. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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  2. Staff (August 4, 2016). "West End Historic District" (PDF). Department of Urban Planning, City of Dallas. p. 3. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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  4. "Dallas County's Old Red Courthouse Will Soon Be a Courthouse Again". D Magazine. September 23, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  5. Texas Escapes: Texas Courthouses: Dallas County
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  8. Images of Old Red Courthouse