Old Red and the wyvern

By |2020-02-17T17:52:53+00:00February 17th, 2020|Accessories, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Design, max a orlopp, Old Red Museum, 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 [...]

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Old Red sans clock tower

By |2020-02-17T17:00:08+00:00February 17th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, little rock arkansas, max a orlopp, Old Red Museum|

Max Orlopp, the architect behind Old Red, opened an architecture firm in Dallas by 1917.  The firm is listed as Orlopp & Orlopp [...]

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Old Red design, Private Home Edition

By |2020-02-15T17:01:05+00:00February 15th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, little rock arkansas, max a orlopp, Old Red Museum|

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 [...]

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Old Red Architect

By |2020-02-13T17:36:01+00:00February 13th, 2020|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, max a orlopp, Old Red Museum|

Who is this hottie?  Maximillian A Orlopp, Jr!  The architect behind the Old Red Museum. Max A Orlopp was schooled at the US [...]

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Old Red Siblings – Dallas Business Edition

By |2020-02-13T16:31:06+00:00February 13th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Old Red Museum|

Another Old Red Museum sibling! Pictured here:  The Scollard Building, designed by Max Orlopp c. 1885, on Main Street in Dallas.  That would [...]

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Old Red Siblings – Missouri Edition

By |2020-02-12T16:41:17+00:00February 12th, 2020|architecture, art, castle, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Old Red Museum, Texans|

Old Red has siblings!  Feast your eyes upon the Jasper County Courthouse in Joplin Missouri.  It is a paler twin of Old Red! [...]

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Old Red Museum – Romanesque Explained

By |2020-02-12T16:34:12+00:00February 10th, 2020|architecture, art, castle, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Old Red Museum|

Old Red Museum is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.  The original Romanesque style was popular in western Europe in the 11th, 12th, and [...]

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Old Red Museum

By |2020-02-10T16:13:19+00:00February 10th, 2020|architecture, castle, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, john neely bryan, Men, Old Red Museum, Texans|

What used to be the Dallas county courthouse is now the Old Red Museum.  It is located on land platted by John Neely [...]

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Thank the parking gods

By |2020-02-10T02:28:06+00:00February 10th, 2020|architecture, art, brothel, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, deadwood, Deaths, department stores|

I had the most fun with Bill, Karen, Becca and Alex yesterday on our tour. So much fun that we ran way over [...]

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