TARTARIA MAPS Dallas · a catalogue study 8 places, arranged by recorded date Edition 2026-10-09.1 Explore a selection of the city's released records in chronological order. Compare buildings, surviving details, and the source material behind each date. This automatically assembled study is a starting point for your own exploration. A remote or manually navigated catalogue study. The order follows recorded dates, not a pedestrian route; nearby regional places may be far apart. No walking duration is estimated. Check each place's actual location and visitor rules. A catalogue pin does not grant entry or confirm present access. Use the atlas record and linked sources to plan a visit. Automatically assembled catalogue study. Where text is drawn from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 applies to that text (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Wikipedia article and contributor links are included with each applicable stop. Passages may be excerpted or abridged and include additional editorial date context. Other sources and original observation prompts retain their own terms. Catalogue study: no walking route or distance is estimated. This text guide works without a network connection after you download it. Map links, external sources, and browser narration may require connectivity. No map tiles or audio recording are included. 1. MILLERMORE — RELOCATED HOUSE Millermore — relocated house Original house completed (historical marker): 1862 · Building Address: Old City Park, 1717 Gano Street Catalogue point: 32.7723, -96.7889 CHAPTER The Miller family's house was built between 1855 and 1862. It was dismantled in 1966 and reassembled at Old City Park in the 1970s, preserving a nineteenth-century architectural form in a new setting. This pin marks the relocated and reconstructed house. Its 1862 date belongs to the original construction, not to the present park installation. LOOK FOR Which materials survived the move, and which were recreated? The relocation is a useful test of how much a present-day facade can tell us about an earlier building. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT This pin marks the relocated and reconstructed house. Its 1862 date belongs to the original construction, not to the present park installation. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=site-dallas-millermore&detail=1 SOURCES Texas Historical Commission · Millermore https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5113006788 Historic Site Markers · Millermore marker https://historicsitemarkers.com/marker/millermore 2. ELLIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE — CIRCA 1870 PREDECESSOR Ellis County Courthouse — circa 1870 predecessor Approximate construction (Ellis County): 1870 · Former site Address: Historic courthouse square Catalogue point: 32.38546, -96.84785194 CHAPTER The county describes a substantial yellow-limestone courthouse built about 1870 before the present courthouse. Its cornerstone was later found in the basement of the succeeding building. This node represents the earlier building on the courthouse square. It is separate from the standing 1897 courthouse; the exact former footprint is not established here. LOOK FOR What did the earlier tower and square look like? Compare surviving photographs, plans, and the recovered cornerstone with the replacement's layout. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT This node represents the earlier building on the courthouse square. It is separate from the standing 1897 courthouse; the exact former footprint is not established here. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=site-waxahachie-1870-courthouse&detail=1 SOURCES Ellis County · Courthouse predecessors https://co.ellis.tx.us/index.aspx?nid=460 Wikidata · Present courthouse coordinates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106322061 3. COLLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE — TRANSFORMED 1875 BUILDING Collin County Courthouse — transformed 1875 building Original building completed (City of McKinney): 1875 · Former site Address: 111 N Tennessee Street Catalogue point: 33.197605, -96.615425 CHAPTER The original courthouse was completed in early 1875 with a mansard roof and twin towers. A 1927–28 remodeling removed that roofline, changed the floors, and created the building's later neoclassical appearance. It now houses the McKinney Performing Arts Center. The 1875 structure was heavily altered, not completely demolished. This historical node concerns its lost nineteenth-century architectural form; today's facade belongs to the later remodeling. LOOK FOR Set the early twin-towered courthouse beside a current photograph. What surviving fabric ties the two appearances together, and what did the remodeling remove? ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The 1875 structure was heavily altered, not completely demolished. This historical node concerns its lost nineteenth-century architectural form; today's facade belongs to the later remodeling. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=site-mckinney-1875-courthouse&detail=1 SOURCES City of McKinney · Our history https://www.mckinneytexas.org/631/Our-History OpenStreetMap via Mapcarta · McKinney Performing Arts Center https://mapcarta.com/W472387412 4. 1881 DALLAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE — FORMER SITE 1881 Dallas County Courthouse — former site Second Empire rebuild completed (National Park Service): 1881 · Former site Catalogue point: 32.77863, -96.80731 CHAPTER James Flanders transformed the fire-damaged earlier courthouse into a Second Empire building in 1881, with a steep mansard roof and clock tower. It burned in 1890. A prior Italianate courthouse was built between 1871 and 1874. After it partially burned in 1880, James Flanders rebuilt the surviving walls in Second Empire form in 1881. That building burned in 1890; Old Red replaced it in 1892. LOOK FOR How did the square's skyline change between the mansard-roofed courthouse and the later Old Red tower? ACCESS The pin uses the center of Old Red on the historic courthouse square; it is not a surveyed footprint of the 1881 courthouse. RECORD CONTEXT A prior Italianate courthouse was built between 1871 and 1874. After it partially burned in 1880, James Flanders rebuilt the surviving walls in Second Empire form in 1881. That building burned in 1890; Old Red replaced it in 1892. RECORD CONTEXT The pin uses the center of Old Red on the historic courthouse square; it is not a surveyed footprint of the 1881 courthouse. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=site-dallas-1881-courthouse&detail=1 SOURCES National Park Service / Texas Historical Commission · Dallas Downtown Historic District nomination https://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/preserve/survey/highway/Dallas%20Downtown%20district%20Dallas.pdf OpenStreetMap via Mapcarta · Present courthouse square point https://mapcarta.com/21715488 5. CUMBERLAND HILL SCHOOL Cumberland Hill School Built (City of Dallas and Texas Historical Commission): 1888 · Building Catalogue point: 32.7870408, -96.8016613 CHAPTER Built in 1888, Cumberland Hill is identified by Dallas preservation staff as the city's only remaining nineteenth-century school building. It served children from a changing, diverse neighborhood for decades. LOOK FOR How does this small surviving school compare with the city's grander nineteenth-century civic buildings? ACCESS The point comes from a building map. The Texas Historical Commission marker maps about a block west, so the pin should be checked against current parcel mapping. RECORD CONTEXT The point comes from a building map. The Texas Historical Commission marker maps about a block west, so the pin should be checked against current parcel mapping. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=site-dallas-cumberland-hill-school&detail=1 SOURCES City of Dallas Office of Historic Preservation · Cumberland Hill School https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/cumberland_hill_school.aspx Virtual Globetrotting · Cumberland Hill School building map https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cumberland-hill-school/ Texas Historical Commission · Old Cumberland Hill School marker https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5113006662/ 6. HART FURNITURE BUILDING Hart Furniture Building Built (City of Dallas): 1888 · Building Catalogue point: 32.782604, -96.794631 CHAPTER This 1888 Italianate building is one of downtown Dallas's few surviving nineteenth-century commercial structures. It was later associated with Hart Furniture and restored in 2002. LOOK FOR Which parts of the Elm Street facade still show the building's nineteenth-century commercial character? ACCESS The coordinate is a current parcel/address point, not a surveyed historic building centroid. RECORD CONTEXT The coordinate is a current parcel/address point, not a surveyed historic building centroid. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=site-dallas-hart-furniture&detail=1 SOURCES City of Dallas Office of Historic Preservation · The oldest existing structures in Dallas https://cityofdallaspreservation.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/the-oldest-existing-structures-in-dallas/ Crexi property listing · 1933 Elm Street parcel https://www.crexi.com/lease/properties/5765/texas-hart-building---retail 7. ALFRED HORATIO BELO HOUSE — ARTS DISTRICT MANSION Alfred Horatio Belo House — Arts District Mansion Circa construction (venue history): 1890 · Building Address: 2101 Ross Avenue Catalogue point: 32.78805556, -96.79777778 CHAPTER The Belo residence became a funeral home and later the Dallas Bar Association's headquarters. Its portico brings the vocabulary of a civic monument into a private mansion. The venue's history dates construction to 1890. Other accounts use 1888 or the 1890s; later additions belong to subsequent uses of the property. LOOK FOR Which columns, rooms, and facade details belong to the early residence? Compare dated photographs with the later funeral-home and bar-association alterations. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The venue's history dates construction to 1890. Other accounts use 1888 or the 1890s; later additions belong to subsequent uses of the property. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=Q24260757&detail=1 SOURCES Arts District Mansion · Mansion history https://artsdistrictmansion.org/history.html Wikipedia · Alfred Horatio Belo House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Horatio_Belo_House 8. OLD RED — DALLAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE Old Red — Dallas County Courthouse Completed (Texas Historical Commission): 1892 · Building Address: 100 S Houston Street Catalogue point: 32.77863, -96.80731 CHAPTER Completed in 1892, Old Red uses red sandstone and pale stone accents, with turrets and a prominent tower. It occupies Dallas's historic courthouse square. LOOK FOR Compare the tower, turrets, and carved stone with early photographs and the predecessor courthouse at this same site. Which elements survive from 1892, and which were reconstructed later? ACCESS Old Red is the red, turreted courthouse at 100 S Houston Street. The neighboring Dallas County Records Building complex at 509 Main Street is a separate building. RECORD CONTEXT Old Red is the red, turreted courthouse at 100 S Houston Street. The neighboring Dallas County Records Building complex at 509 Main Street is a separate building. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=dallas-tx&candidate=Q5211300&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County_Courthouse_(Texas) Texas Historical Commission · Old Red courthouse https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details?atlasnumber=4302002356&fn=print OpenStreetMap via Mapcarta · Old Red building point https://mapcarta.com/21715488 Dallas County · County building address schedule https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/purchasing/bidtabs/2019/Awarded%20Vendors.pdf Your observations __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________