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
315 Main Street [NR/RTHL/CFO(NR)], Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, 1901; 1981-1982. Reminiscent of a Flemish or Dutch medieval civic structure, the Knights of Pythias Castle Hall was an appropriate home for this fraternal organization. The cornerstone identifies Marshall R. Sanguinet of the firm of Sanguinet and Staats as the architect and A.E. Newell and William … Read more
401 Samuels Avenue [NR/SAHD(NR)], Charles E. Nash Elementary School, 1927; 1936. In 1925 Fort Worth citizens approved a major school building program, including the construction of a new building to house the elementary students of the combined first and ninth wards. Local architect Wiley G. Clarkson was the architect for this project. Clarkson was responsible … Read more
154 800 Block Throckmorton Street, Fair Building Garage/Service Life Center Parking Garage, 1950-51; 1982. Jesse H. Jones, a prominent Houston banker and developer responsible for the adjacent Fair Building (CBD 27) as well as other properties in Fort Worth, built this garage in 1950-51 to provide parking for Fair Building tenants. Parking garages were constructed … Read more
200 W. Belknap Street [RTHL/NR/Gov(NR)], Criminal Court Building/Criminal Justice Building, 1917-18; 1951; 1970. The Criminal Court Building is a handsome eclectic design produced by the important Fort Worth architectural firm of Sanguinet and Staats in 1917. Taylor Building Co. was the contractor for the project. Built to replace a dilapidated nineteenth-century jail, the facility had … Read more
These three railroad bridges cross the Trinity River east of Samuels Ave. and just south of Twenty-third St. Four lines, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad; the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway; the Missouri Kansas and Texas (this line later belonged to the St. Louis Southwestern, the Cotton Belt Route); and the Chicago, … Read more
915-1/2 E. Third Street, William Ford Restaurant/Ford Brothers Cafe, c.1920; 1927. The first building on this lot, a residence at 915 E. Third, was built about 1915. Around 1920 this building, at 915-1/2 E. Third, was built and used for a time as a residence. In late 1926, brothers William and Frank Ford bought the … Read more
411 W. Seventh Street [NR/RTHL/Sky (NR)], Neil P. Anderson Building, 1921; 1959; 1977. The Neil P. Anderson Building was designed by Sanguinet and Staats, architects of many of Fort Worth’s most significant buildings, and constructed by the W.C. Hedrick Construction Co. in 1921. It was named for Neil P. Anderson (1847-1912), a Fort Worth businessman … Read more
715 W. Belknap Street, Sam Vaughn Co./Abe Martin Co., 1946. Sam Vaughn, a dealer in water and oil well supplies and the Fort Worth agent for Aeromotor windmills, hired architect Charles T. Freelove of Consolidated Architects and Engineers to design this building. Constructed in 1946, the late Moderne structure features rounded corners and aluminum lettering … Read more
116 Elm Street [,MYRTHL/EFHD], Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912-14. This imposing church, handsomely constructed of yellow brick and containing a number of fine stained glass windows, houses one of Tarrant County’s oldest African-American congregations. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, forerunner of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, was founded in 1870 by Rev. Moody, a … Read more
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