Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)

Dallas County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse in 2011
Dallas County Courthouse is located in Texas
Dallas County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse is located in the United States
Dallas County Courthouse
Dallas County Courthouse
Interactive map showing the location for the former Dallas County Courthouse
Location 100 S. Houston St.,
Dallas, Texas
Coordinates 32°46′45″N 96°48′25″W
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1891
Architect Orlopp & Kusener
Architectural style Romanesque
Website Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
Part of
NRHP reference No. 76002019
TSAL No. 8200000203
RTHL No. 6811
DLMKHD No. H/2 (West End HD)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 12, 1976
Designated NHLDCP April 19, 1993
Designated CP November 14, 1978
Designated TSAL January 1, 1981
Designated RTHL 1977
Designated DLMKHD October 6, 1975

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. 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 2005–2007 the building was renovated.

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