Streetlights, (Berkeley neighborhood) – Dartmoor

These ornamental streetlights were installed in the Cheltenham subdivision between c. 1926 and 1928. The slender metal poles, tapering and fluted, are composite designs assembled from the components of different standards, according to city staff. They are similar to the “National” model marketed by the Union Metal Co. of Canton, Ohio.

Moore-Abbott House – Forest Park

The steeply pitched gabled and jerkinhead roofs and red brick walls of this house recall residential architecture of Tudor England. The impression is reinforced by the pointed arched entry and dominant chimney with corbelled top. The delicately scaled, sinuous half-timbering is unusual. Built c. 1927, the first recorded owner was Joseph W. Moore. The Abbott … Read more

Alma Turner Building – Forest Park

This one-story commercial building is clad in yellow brick and has a red-tiled shed roof façade. The arched breezeway is the result of a recent alteration. The building has always housed commercial and professional tenants. Tillery’s Market and Renfro’s Drug # 16 were located here for many years. Ida Loving Turner had the property built … Read more

Streetlights, (Berkeley neighborhood) – Park Place

These ornamental streetlights were installed in the Cheltenham subdivision between c. 1926 and 1928. The slender metal poles, tapering and fluted, are composite designs assembled from the components of different standards, according to city staff. They are similar to the “National” model marketed by the Union Metal Co. of Canton, Ohio.

Trammell House – Rockridge

The Trammell House is a superbly sited and crafted stone residence on a sloping site above Forest Park and the Trinity River. Constructed of roughly squared and uncoursed shellstone, in plan it is a staggered cross with cross-gabled wings of differing heights. Massive chimneys are set in the end walls. A porte-cochere crosses a drive … Read more

Hardisty House – Forest Park

This house was built for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hardisty by C. M. Butcher, a prominent Fort Worth contractor. The gabled brick house occupies a conspicuous corner lot with stone retaining wall, and serves as a gateway house to the Berkeley subdivision.

Streetlights, (Berkeley neighborhood) – Patton

These ornamental streetlights were installed in the Cheltenham subdivision between c. 1926 and 1928. The slender metal poles, tapering and fluted, are composite designs assembled from the components of different standards, according to city staff. They are similar to the “National” model marketed by the Union Metal Co. of Canton, Ohio.

Owens-Ross House – Rockridge

This large two-story house has a rectangular plan, painted brick walls and red tile hipped roof. Horizontality is emphasized by over-scaled oblong windows on the first and second stories. Reputedly the first house constructed in the neighborhood, it was built c. 1923 for Bryant Wesley Owens, a prominent lumberman. Zeno C. Ross, an attorney, bought … Read more

Carroll House – Ward

The Carroll House is a picturesquely massed structure. In composition, it is composed of interlocking one and two-story gabled wings, clad in polychrome brick, with half-timbered bay on the front wall. Reputedly the first house on the street, it was built in 1928 by the firm of Mobley & Delaney from the plans of W. … Read more

Streetlights, (Berkeley neighborhood) – Pembroke

These ornamental streetlights were installed in the Cheltenham subdivision between c. 1926 and 1928. The slender metal poles, tapering and fluted, are composite designs assembled from the components of different standards, according to city staff. They are similar to the “National” model marketed by the Union Metal Co. of Canton, Ohio.

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