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Historic Federal Courthouses
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Abilene, Texas (1903) U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Texas (1903-1911) Razed in 1935 |
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Abilene, Texas (1936) U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1936-present) |
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Alpine, Texas (2007) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (2007-present) Architect: Lawrence Speck, Page Southerland Page |
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Amarillo, Texas (1916) U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1916-1938) |
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Amarillo, Texas (1938) Named the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building in 1980 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1939-present) Architect: Wyatt C. Hedrick |
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Austin, Texas (1881) U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas (1881-1911) Architect: Abner Cook |
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Austin, Texas (1936) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1936-2012) Architects: Charles Page and Kenneth Franzheim |
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Austin, Texas (2012) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (2012-present) Architects: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam; Page Southerland Page |
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Beaumont, Texas (1902) U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1902-1911) Razed in 1933 |
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Beaumont, Texas (1933) Named the Jack Brooks Federal Building in 1978 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1933-present) Architects: Fred Stone; F.W. & D.E. Steinman |
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Brownsville, Texas (1892) U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas (1892-1902) Razed |
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Brownsville, Texas (1931) U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1932-1999) |
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Brownsville, Texas (1999) Named the Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela Federal Building and United States Courthouse in 2005 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1999-present) Architects: Pierce, Goodwin, Alexander & Linville |
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Corpus Christie, Texas (2001) U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2001-present) Architects: WKMC |
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Dallas, Texas (1888) U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Texas (1888-1911) Razed in 1939 |
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Dallas, Texas (1930) U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1930-1971) |
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Dallas, Texas (1971) Named the Earle Cabell Federal Building and United States Courthouse in 1973 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1971-present) Architect: George Dahl |
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Del Rio, Texas (1914) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1914-1992) |
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Del Rio, Texas (1992) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1992-present) Architects: Garza & Associates |
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El Paso, Texas (1892) U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas (1892-1911) Razed in 1936 |
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El Paso, Texas (1936) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1936-2010) Architects: Percy McGhee, Guy L. Frazer, and Thomas P. Lippincott |
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El Paso, Texas (2010) Albert Armendariz, Sr. United States Courthouse U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (2010-present) Architects: WH Pacific (BPLW); Antoine Predock |
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Fort Worth, Texas (1896) U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Texas (unknown-1911) |
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Fort Worth, Texas (1934) Named the Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse in 2003 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1934-present) Architects: Paul Philippe Cret and Wiley G. Clarkson |
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Galveston, Texas (1861) U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1866-1891) Extension completed in 1918 |
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Galveston, Texas (1891) U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1891-1902) Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton |
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Galveston, Texas (1937) U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1937-present) Architect: Alfred C. Finn |
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Houston, Texas (1891) U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Texas (1902-1911) Razed |
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Houston, Texas (1911) U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Texas (1911) Extension completed in 1931 |
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Houston, Texas (1911) U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Texas (1911) Extension completed in 1931 |
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Houston, Texas (1962) Named the Bob Casey United States Courthouse in 1980 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1962-present) Architect: Harvin Moore |
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Jefferson, Texas (1890) U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1890-1911) |
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Laredo, Texas (1907) U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Texas (1907-1911) |
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Laredo, Texas (2004) Named the George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse in 2018 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2004-present) Architects: HDR |
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Lubbock, Texas (1932) U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1932-1968) |
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Lubbock, Texas (1971) Named the George H. Mahon Federal Building and United States Courthouse in 1994 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1971-present) Architects: Atcheson, Atkinson & Cartwright |
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Lufkin, Texas (1936) Named the Ward R. Burke United States Courthouse in 1988 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (ca. 1988-present) |
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Marshall, Texas (1915) Named the Sam B. Hall, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in 1994. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1961-present) |
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Midland, Texas (1974) Named the George Mahon Federal Building in 1978 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1974-present) Architects: Neuhardt & Babb; Covington, Shelton, Taylor |
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Paris, Texas (1895) U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1902-1911) Destroyed by fire in 1916 |
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Paris, Texas (1925) U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1925-ca. 2002) |
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Pecos, Texas (1936) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1936-1995) |
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Pecos, Texas (1995) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1995-present) |
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Plano, Texas (2008) U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2008-present) Architects: Page Southerland Page |
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San Angelo, Texas (1911) Named the O.C. Fisher Federal Building in 1980 U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Texas (1911) Extension completed in 1933 |
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San Antonio, Texas (1890) U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas (unknown-1911) Razed in 1935 |
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San Antonio, Texas (1936) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1937-1975) Architects: Ralph Haywood Cameron and Paul Philippe Cret |
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San Antonio, Texas (1968) Named the John H. Wood, Jr. United States Courthouse in 1979 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1975-2021) Architects: Phelps-Simmons & Associates |
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San Antonio, Texas (2022) U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (2022-present) Architects: Muñoz & Co. and Lake | Flato Architects |
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Sherman, Texas (1907) Named the Paul Brown United States Courthouse in 2013 U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas (unknown-1911) |