El Paso County Courthouse - El Paso, TX
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N 31° 45.512 W 106° 29.056
13R E 359429 N 3514630
Modern style steel & concrete with an Alamo shaped red granite entrance on the north side which extends upward to the height of the fifth floor. The remainder of the building is sheathed in sky-blue reflective glass.
Waymark Code: WMRDX8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2016
Views: 2
El Paso County has had seven courthouses, the first four were not in the city of El Paso.
This current courthouse was built in 1991. The building is fourteen stories high, counting the basement and the mechanical floor, and contains over 405,000 square feet of usable space. Thirty thousand cubic yards of concrete were used in its frame, and some of the piers underground are over one hundred feet deep and six feet in diameter.
Year Built: 1991
Current Use of Building: Courthouse
Level of Courts: County
Architect: Garland & Hilles/Fischer Cordova Partners
Dates this building was used to house judicial proceedings: 1991-present
Physical Address:
500 E San Antonio Ave.
El Paso, TX 79901
Hours:
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Related Website: [Web Link]
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