House – 426 Samuels Avenue

426 Samuels Avenue, House, c. 1898.  A simple shotgun house constructed of vertical boards and batterns, this structure first appears on an 1898 Sanborn File Insurance Map.  It was a rental property; Henry Jahn, a blacksmith who occupied the house from 1903-1908, is the first identified tenant.  The house has been demolished, but this listing … Read more

Commercial Building – 302-04 Houston Street

302-04 Houston Street, Commercial Building, c. 1900; c. 1925.  This two-story brick commercial structure was built around 1900 and remodeled circa 1925, when the storefronts were clad with Vitrolite and pressed aluminum siding, Tenants through the years included Piggly Wiggly grocery, Nobby Harness Co., Austin Hotel, Martin’s Women’s Clothing, Hanover Shoe Store, Sherman’s Men’s Shop, … Read more

House – 811 E. Bluff Street

811 E. Bluff Street [SAHD(NR)], House, C. 1915.  Built about 1915, this house served as rental property until 1946.  Among the early tenants were a number of railroad workers, the first being J.O. Tucker and R.L. Downs, conductor and engineer respectively for the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Railway, who lived here from 1915 until … Read more

Criminal Courts and Jail Building – 300 W. Belknap Street

300 W. Belknap Street [Gov (NR)], Criminal Courts and Jail Building, 1962.  The Criminal Courts and Jail Building of 1962 bears an interesting comparison with the adjacent 1917 Criminal Court Building (CBD 46) to which it is connected by an elevated corridor.  Designed by the firm of Easterwood and Easterwood and built by Butcher & … Read more

Fort Worth Club Building – 306 W. Seventh Street

306 W. Seventh Street [NR/Sky (NR)/CFO(NR)], Fort Worth Club Building, 1925-26; 1953-54.  On March 1, 1926, the Fort Worth Club moved from its old home on W. Sixth Street (CBD 25) to this new building which the Fort Worth Star-Telegram called “one of the most graceful on the skyline of Fort Worth.”  The local architectural … Read more

House – 1109 E. Fourth Street

 1109 E. Fourth Street, House, c.1908. This shotgun house is a good example of vernacular or folk architecture. Such houses were usually built to provide basic shelter, without regard for style or decorative trends. Shotgun houses, once common in Fort Worth’s older working class neighborhoods, were built here from the 1890s through the 1950s. This … Read more

Bluford H. Lawrence House – 1301 E. Bluff Street

1301 E. Bluff Street, Bluford H. Lawrence House, c.1892.  This house, originally a Victorian cottage with Queen Anne detailing, was built for Bluford H. Lawrence, a bookkeeper and cashier for wholesale druggist H.W. Williams & Co.  The delicate spindle work, scroll sawn brackets, and chamfered gable braces gave the house a distinctive air.  In 1981, … Read more

Axtell Co./ Fort Worth Poultry & Egg – 815 Grove Street

815 Grove Street [NR/WSHD(NR)], Axtell Co./Fort Worth Poultry & Egg, 1916.  This building was constructed in 1916 as the factory for the Axtell Co., manufacturers of windmills, drilling machinery, water well and plumbing supplies, and other equipment for farms and rancl:Ies.  The firm, founded in 1901, was headed by Fred W. Axtell. In 1906, it … Read more

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