Details for Tarrant County Courthouse

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5439005195

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Marker Number 5195
Atlas Number 5439005195
Marker Title Tarrant County Courthouse
Index Entry Tarrant County Courthouse
Address Main & Weatherford Streets
City Fort Worth
County Tarrant
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 656259
UTM Northing 3625157
Subject Codes Spanish Renaissance Revival (Architectural style); courthouses; design and construction
Marker Year 1969
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location Main at Weatherford Streets, Fort Worth
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion & Plate
Marker Text Designed by firm of Gunn & Curtis and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893-1895. This red Texas granite building, in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembles the Texas State Capital 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.

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