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Dallas County Courthouse (1976)
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About this site
Dallas County Courthouse is a historic place in Dallas, Dallas County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 68 historic places documented in Dallas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 531 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7793, -96.8073 near Dallas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dallas County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dallas County Records Building, Log Cabin Pioneers, and Dallas County Criminal Courts Bldg..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2076002019. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Known affectionately as "Old Red," the Dallas County Courthouse was completed in 1892 of red sandstone with rusticated marble accents at 100 South Houston Street. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by architect Max A. Orlopp Jr. of the Little Rock firm Orlopp & Kusener, and masonry was chosen in part because several earlier courthouses on the site had burned. Replaced as the working courthouse in 1966, the building was added to the National Register in 1976 and served for years as the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Also at or near Dallas, Dallas County
“Dallas County Courthouse” names 2 distinct records in Dallas County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1976 in Dallas. The others:
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