Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)
Dallas County Courthouse | |
Interactive map showing the location for the former Dallas County Courthouse | |
| Location | 100 S. Houston St., Dallas, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°46′45″N 96°48′25″W / 32.77917°N 96.80694°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. 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).
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.