Tarrant County Courthouse
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Tarrant County Courthouse
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Rear view of Tarrant County Courthouse
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| Location: | Bounded by Houston, Belknap, Weatherford, and Commerce Sts., Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Coordinates: | 32°45′26″N 97°19′58″W / 32.75722°N 97.33278°WCoordinates: 32°45′26″N 97°19′58″W / 32.75722°N 97.33278°W |
| Area: | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
| Built: | 1893 |
| Architectural style: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 70000762[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1970 |
The Tarrant County Courthouse, part of the Tarrant County government campus in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn & Louis Curtiss and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893-1895. This pink Texas granite building, in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembles the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower. The cost was $408,840 USD and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894.
The Tarrant County Courthouse currently houses the Tarrant County clerk's office, probate and county courts at law, a law library, and the Tarrant County facilities management department.[2]
The Tarrant County Courthouse was seen in Walker, Texas Ranger.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Tarrant County eGov: Downtown Campus". http://www.tarrantcounty.com/egov/cwp/view.asp?A=703&Q=431868. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
[edit] External Links
- Tarrant County Courthouse page on fortwortharchitecture.com, with exterior and interior photos
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