Tarrant County Courthouse
Lakes Trail Region
The Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth was completed in 1895. It is the sixth courthouse building to serve the citizens of Tarrant County. Built in a Renaissance Revival/Beaux-Arts style out of Texas pink granite, it was designed by Kansas City architects Frederick C. Gunn and Louis S. Curtiss. This monumental courthouse, with a height measuring 194 feet, is often compared to the Texas Capitol building. The cost was $408,840 and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894.
The building was restored in 1983 and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.