Tarrant County Courthouse
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Tarrant County Courthouse
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Rear view of Tarrant County Courthouse in 2016
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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 |
| Architect | Gunn & Curtis |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000762 |
| RTHL # | 5195 |
| TSAL # | 576 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1970 |
| Designated RTHL | 1969 |
| Designated TSAL | 5/28/1981 |
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. In 1958 A Civil Courts Building was constructed on the west side of the courthouse.
The Tarrant County Courthouse's clock tower had its coming out party on October 23, 2012 after a 14-month, $4.5 million makeover. County officials rededicated the 1895 structure and led about 150 people on a tour of the tower. In 2013, the Civil Courts Building was demolished.
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.
The Tarrant County Courthouse was seen in the TV series, Walker, Texas Ranger.
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