Neighborhood: Central Business District

711 Houston Street [NR*/Sky(NR)], First National Bank/Baker Building, 1910; 1926; 1967.  Incorporated on January 16, 1877, First National Bank was the oldest in the city when it hired architects Sanguinet and Staats to design its new ten-story building in 1910.  William Miller Sons and Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania constructed the elegant classical Beaux Arts structure.  … Read more

810 Houston Street [NR/Sky (NR)], W.T. Waggoner Building, 1919-20; 1984-85. One of the great commercial monuments of Fort Worth, this twenty-story skyscraper was constructed in 1919-20 at a costof$1.5 million by Fort Worth oil baron and cattle king W.T. Waggoner.  When completed it was the tallest building in Fort Worth and one of the tallest … Read more

900 Houston Street, Fort Worth Pharmacy/Gross Clothing Co./Atlantic Coffee Co./Ward Drug Co./Thompson Book Store, c. 1910; c. 1960s.  Constructed about 1910, this three-story brick building was owned by Mrs. Bert K. Smith, wife of the prominent Fort Worth grain dealer.  Fort Worth Pharmacy was the first tenant, followed by Gross Clothing Co. from about 1913 … Read more

901 Houston Street, Shelton Building, 1900; 1910; 1937. Originally constructed in 1900 as a two-story brick structure, the building was originally leased to a firm called the Daylight Store. In 1910 John M. Shelton purchased the building and enlarged it by the addition of a third floor. That same year the property was leased to … Read more

902 Houston Street, Henry Hammann Meat Market/Terry’s Grill, c. 1909; 1981.  Constructed about 1909 to house Henry Hammann’s Meat Market, this small one-story brick commercial building has also been used as a bakery, grocery store, and dry good establishment.  Since about 1936 it has been in use as a restaurant under several proprietors.  The storefront … Read more

909-911 Houston Street, Peters Bros., Inc. – Hatters, 1917. Brothers Tom and Jim Peters came to Fort Worth from Greece, by way of Nashville, Tennessee and Waco, Texas, in 1911.  The two men opened a shoe shine parlor and, prospering, moved into this building in 1917.  Early business enterprises also included shoe repair as well … Read more

910 Houston Street, Western National Bank/Texas State Bank/Texas National Bank/Insurance Building, 1906; 1918; 1952; 1981. Weatherford banker William H. Eddleman moved to Fort Worth to expand his operations and, after purchasing an impressive home on Penn St. (CBD 132), hired architects Sanguinet and Staats to design his Western National Bank building in 1906.  Eddleman’s venture … Read more

1000 Houston Street [NR/RTHL/Sky(NR)], Flatiron Building, 1907.  Known in the early 1900s as the tallest building in North Texas, the Flatiron Building is one of the architectural landmarks of downtown Fort Worth.  Designed by the important local firm of Sanguinet and Staats, and erected in 1907, the building demonstrates a creative response to its wedge-shaped … Read more

1600 B Summit Avenue (formerly listed as 1600 block W. Jarvis Street-south side between Summit Avenue and Sunset Terrace), William D. Reynolds Carriage House, 1910.  Pioneer cattleman William D. Reynolds (see also CBD 65 and 149) built a large Colonial Revival home on Summit Avenue about 1904-05.  The carriage house that was built at that … Read more

1001 Jones Street (at E. Ninth Street), Casey-Swasey & Co./Superior Brewing Co./Collier Industries, c. 1893; c. 1941. Casey-Swasey & Co., a wholesale liquor, wine, and cigar dealer constructed this building about 1893 to house its stock and operations.  Founded in 1873, it was one of Fort Worth’s pioneer businesses. During Prohibition the firm changed its … Read more