United States Courthouse (Austin, Texas, 1936)
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Austin U.S. Courthouse
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The courthouse's south facade in 2011
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 Austin U.S. Courthouse
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| Location | 200 West Eighth St. Austin, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 30°16′13″N 97°44′36″W / 30.27028°N 97.74333°WCoordinates: 30°16′13″N 97°44′36″W / 30.27028°N 97.74333°W |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Built by | Algernon Blair |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon, Charles Henry Page, Kenneth Franzheim |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement, Moderne |
| NRHP reference # | 01000432 |
| Added to NRHP | April 25, 2001 |
The Austin United States Courthouse is a historic former federal courthouse in downtown Austin, Texas. Built between 1935 and 1936, the building exemplifies Depression-era Moderne architecture, while Art Moderne and Art Deco finishes characterize the interior. It housed Austin's United States district court and other judicial offices until 2012, when a new federal courthouse building was completed. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Austin's previous U.S. courthouse was built between 1877 and 1881, but by the 1920s the federal district court had come to need additional space. After considering expanding the existing structure, authorities instead selected a new site for a larger building. In June 1934 congress passed a measure appropriating $415,000 for the construction of the new U.S. courthouse in Austin, with some funding coming from the Public Works Administration. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 16, 1935, and the building was dedicated and opened to the public by mayor Tom Miller on September 22, 1936.
In addition to its main tenant (the Austin division of the District Court for the Western District of Texas), the Austin U.S. courthouse of 1936 has held the offices of the Collector of Internal Revenue, the Referee in Bankruptcy (later the U.S. Bankruptcy Court), the U.S. Weather Bureau, the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office, and other judicial functions related to the U.S. Department of Justice such as the U.S. Marshal's Office. It has also housed U.S. representatives and senators, including Lyndon B. Johnson.
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