Tarrant County Courthouse Ornament

The Tarrant County Courthouse is part of the Tarrant County government campus in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Curtiss and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893–1895. It is a pink Texas granite building in Renaissan…
The Tarrant County Courthouse is part of the Tarrant County government campus in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Curtiss and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893–1895. It is a pink Texas granite building in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembling the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower. The cost was $408,840 and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894.
  • Location: Bounded by Houston, Belknap, Weatherford, and Commerce Sts. · Fort Worth, Texas
  • Area: 2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
  • Built: 1893
  • Architect: Gunn & Curtis
  • Architectural style: Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance
  • TSAL No.: 8200000576
  • RTHL No.: 5195
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