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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1934/00/00 Paul Philippe Cret Architect Designed by Paul Philippe Cret, in association with Wiley G Clarkson, under the direction of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Department, Fort Worth US Courthouse opens.
1934/00/00 Wiley Gulick Clarkson Architect Designed by Paul Philippe Cret, in association with Wiley G Clarkson, under the direction of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Department, Fort Worth US Courthouse opens.
1938/00/00 Frank Albert Mechau Jr Muralist Frank Mechau is commissioned under the PWA's art programs to paint three oil-on-canvas panels on the 4th-floor of the Eldon B Mahon Courthouse, Fort Worth, Texas. Mechau's murals are The Taking of Sam Bass, Two Texas Rangers, and Flags Over Texas.

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Particulars for Fort Worth US Courthouse:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Courthouse
Criteria Exemplar
Owner Federal
Historic Use Government Office
Architectural Style Modern Movement
Architectural Style Moderne
Area of Significance Politics-government



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 25th April 2001

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Worth US Courthouse
Registry Address: 501 W. 10th St.
Registry Number: 01000437
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Federal
Architect: Cret, Paul Phillippe; Clarkson, Wiley G., et al.
Architectural Style: Modern movement, Moderne
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture, Art
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1934, 1940
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-Function: Government office, Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-Function: Courthouse Government office

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