The Tarrant County Courthouse is part of the Tarrant County government campus in

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, United States.

History

The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn and

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and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893–1895. It is a pink Texas

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building in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembling the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower. The cost was $408,840 and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894. A monument dedicated to Confederate Army soldiers was erected on the grounds by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1953. In 1958, a Civil Courts Building was constructed on the west side of the courthouse. In 2012, a $4.5 million renovation to the clock tower was completed. In 2013, the Civil Courts Building was demolished. The Tarrant County Courthouse currently houses the Tarrant County clerk's office,

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and county courts at law, a law library, and the Tarrant County facilities management department.

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