Old Red Courthouse – the sad years modifications

By |2020-03-05T17:38:22+00:00March 5th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, dallas county courthouse, Dallas History, Design, max a orlopp, Old Red Museum|

The Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) was slowly transformed in to a character-less shell of its former self throughout the 20th century. First, [...]

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Old Red and the clock tower

By |2020-02-18T17:30:12+00:00February 18th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, dallas county courthouse, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, max a orlopp, Old Red Museum|

The original design for the Dallas County Courthouse called for a 90’ tall clock tower made of sandstone* and granite.  Inside this clock [...]

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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 – 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

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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