308-310 Houston Street, Commercial Building/Caravan of Dreams Performing Arts Center, c. 1887; 1981-82; 1991. According to historic Sanborn Fire Insurance maps and city directory records, this pair of two-story brick Victorian commercial buildings was constructed about 1887. Frederick A. Boerner, a jeweler, was the first tenant at 308 Houston St. that same year. A wide … 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
400 Main Street [NR*], Northern Texas Traction Company Office, c.1902; 1985; 1990. Northern Texas Traction Co., best known as the operator of the Interurban rail line between Fort Worth and Dallas, began its inter-city service on July 1, 1902. Hourly passenger service was offered from Main St. in Fort Worth, through Handley, Arlington, and Grand … Read more
136 615 Samuels Avenue, House, c. 1904. Constructed as a rental property, this simple L-plan house was distinguished by an unusual three-sided bay window with a parasol roof. Milton J. Palmer, a car repairman for the Rock Island railroad, was the first occupant of the house. The structure has been demolished, but this listing is … Read more
155 901 Throckmorton Street (also listed as 215 W Eighth Street), Starlite Cafe and Adams Hotel/Barber’s Book Store, c. 1910; c. 1935. Built about 1910 to house the Starlite Cafe on the ground floor and the Adams Hotel above, this stucco on brick building was remodeled in the mid-1930s when a black artificial marble base, … Read more
106 W Sixth, Street, Fort Worth Club Building/Floyd J. Holmes Building/Mid-Continent Supply Co./Kiii Building, 1915-16; 1937; 1974. In 1915 the Fort Worth Club began demolition on this site of the three-story structure that bad housed the Club (called the Commercial Club from 1887 to 1906 and the Fort Worth Club since 1906) since 1887. The … Read more
Between the late 1890s and the mid-1950s, paving of streets with brick was common throughout the United States, especially in downtown areas and wealthy residential neighborhoods. Main Street was first paved with Thurber brick about 1897-99. The street surface was rebricked in 1939 during the Depression. Other downtown streets were also paved with brick during … Read more
1111 E. Third Street, House, c. 1906. This was a representative example of a common folk house type in Texas, the wood frame L-plan structure with a gabled roof. The porch was not original. This rental property was constructed about 1906, and city directory records show a rapid tenant turnover. The earliest resident was Warren … Read more
800 W Seventh Street, Turner & Dingee, 1925. The forerunner of Turner & Dingee grocery was Turner & McClure which was opened on Houston St. in downtown Fort Worth in 1878 by J.K. Turner and John D. McClure. Arthur S. Dingee, a Canadian, arrived in Fort Worth in 1886. After a stint as cashier at … Read more
815 Bennett Street [SAHD(NR)], House, c. 1900. The history of this charming turn-of-the-century house is unclear. The land was owned by the Wall family from the 1880s through 1961, but appears to have been rental property for most of that time. Research by the Tarrant County Historical Commission indicates that the house may have been … Read more
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