Tarrant County Courthouse (Fort Worth,Texas)

USA / Texas / Fort Worth / Fort Worth,Texas / East Weatherford Street, 100
 administrative building, courthouse, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1895_construction
Built-1895; restored - 1983
An architectural masterpiece. Sits high on the bluff of the Trinity River. It is a striking example of American Beaux Arts Design. It was modeled after the Texas Capitol Building in Austin and uses pink granite. It was one of the first structural steel framed buildings built in the Southwestern United States. The courthouse is 194 feet in height. If you look carefully at the building, you will notice some of the windows in the basement have bars over them. These were on the windows of the prisoner holding cells when the building was constructed.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrant_County_Courthouse
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Coordinates:   32°45'26"N   97°19'59"W
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