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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]}

Gallery

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  Museum interior
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  Early Years Gallery
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  Trading Center Gallery
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  Big "D" Gallery
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  World Crossroads Gallery
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  Children's Education Center
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  Dallas County Courthouse postcard, circa 1909

See also

• List of county courthouses in Texas
• List of Dallas Landmarks
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Dallas County

References

External links

• Media related to Old Red Museum at Wikimedia Commons