Interrupting Old Red for….the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Wall that Heals, a 3/4 scale version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is in Garland! It is on Oates Road in Audubon [...]
Old Red and the clock tower
The original design for the Dallas County Courthouse called for a 90’ tall clock tower made of sandstone* and granite. Inside this clock [...]
Old Red and the wyvern
HissssRawwwrrr! I have no idea what sound a wyvern actually makes. Wyverns are eloquently described as ‘bi-pedal winged dragons with an arrow shaped [...]
Old Red sans clock tower
Max Orlopp, the architect behind Old Red, opened an architecture firm in Dallas by 1917. The firm is listed as Orlopp & Orlopp [...]
Old Red design, Private Home Edition
Max A Orlopp didn’t just design fancy-pants courthouses like Old Red Museum in Dallas. If you had enough money, you could hire him [...]
Old Red Architect
Who is this hottie? Maximillian A Orlopp, Jr! The architect behind the Old Red Museum. Max A Orlopp was schooled at the US [...]
Old Red Siblings – Dallas Business Edition
Another Old Red Museum sibling! Pictured here: The Scollard Building, designed by Max Orlopp c. 1885, on Main Street in Dallas. That would [...]
Old Red Siblings – Missouri Edition
Old Red has siblings! Feast your eyes upon the Jasper County Courthouse in Joplin Missouri. It is a paler twin of Old Red! [...]
Old Red Museum – Romanesque Explained
Old Red Museum is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The original Romanesque style was popular in western Europe in the 11th, 12th, and [...]
Old Red Museum
What used to be the Dallas county courthouse is now the Old Red Museum. It is located on land platted by John Neely [...]