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 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 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 [...]
Thank the parking gods
I had the most fun with Bill, Karen, Becca and Alex yesterday on our tour. So much fun that we ran way over [...]
Magnolia Building
The Pegasus, symbol of Dallas, is often viewed atop the Magnolia Hotel. What is now referred to as the Magnolia Hotel used to [...]
Pegasus Found!
Our previous posts dealt with the (relatively) new Pegasus atop the Magnolia Hotel that was lit to celebrate New Year's Eve going in [...]
Pegasus Lost
Yesterday we highlighted the Pegasus atop the Magnolia Building on Commerce Street. That Pegasus is a mere 20 years old. The 86 year [...]