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]

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.[1][5][6] [7][8]

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  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Staff (August 4, 2016). "West End Historic District" (PDF). Department of Urban Planning, City of Dallas. p. 3. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.oldred.org/ [bare URL]
  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
  6. ^ "Old Red Courthouse". Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  7. ^ flickr photo and text on Old Dallas County Courthouse
  8. ^ Images of Old Red Courthouse


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