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Courthouse · Fort Worth, United States
Tarrant County CourthouseSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1893–95
- Declared purpose
- County courthouse
- Today
- Survives, still a courthouse
- Build time
- About 2 years (1893–95)
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Gunn & Curtiss, architects: about when credited (1893, born ). Build time on record: about 2 years (1893–95).All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A granite courthouse with a clock tower in about two years.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A pink granite courthouse with a clock tower on a bluff over the Trinity River. Its design closely resembles the Texas State Capitol.
Why researchers flag it
A granite courthouse with a clock tower in about two years.
A small capitol
Its dome and granite echo the state capitol in Austin. The same look appears in courthouses across Texas.
Two years
Researchers set the granite and the tower against the two-year build.
Questions worth asking
- Why does a county courthouse look like a state capitol?
Possible original uses
- Courthouse or civic hall
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.








