416, 418 Grant Avenue [SAHD(NR)], Two Houses, c. 1905. This pair of folk houses with L-plans and gabled roofs are distinguished by their graceful form. Fragile looking galleries follow the planes of the front wall. The unusual metal roofs mayor may not be original. These houses were built as rental property, and the first tenants … Read more
312-314 Houston Street, Commercial Building/Caravan of Dreams Performing Arts Center, c. 1884-85; 1981-82; 1991. One of the earliest extant commercial structures in Fort Worth (see also CBD 84, 111, 118), this two-story stone Victorian commercial building was probably built around 1884-85. City directory records show that the first tenant, James B. Grigsby and Jane Bondurant’s … 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
500 Main Street [NR/Sky(NR)], State National Bank Building/Burk Burnett Building, 1913-14; 1953; 1980; 1984. One of the enduring monuments of twentieth-century commercial architecture in Fort Worth, the Burk Burnett Building was originally built in 1913-14 to house the State National Bank. Designed by noted local architects Sanguinet and Staats, the Neo-classical tower stands midway in … Read more
137 731 Samuels Avenue [NR/SAHD{NR)], Bennett-Fenelon House, c.187S; c.1900. The Bennett-Fenelon house is the oldest residence on Samuels Avenue, and one of the oldest in Fort Worth on its original site. David C. Bennett, a dry goods merchant who later became vice-president of First National Bank, and his family occupied the house from about 1875 … Read more
156 905-907 Throckmorton Street, Commercial Building/ Shotts Building, c. 1906. This two-story commercial brick building first housed Kane & Fosdick Plumbers, the Erebus Plastic Paint Co., and the J.J. Langever Service, a sign company. The plumbing company (then Fosdick Plumbing) remained here through the early 1920s, but a wide variety of tenants, including a printing … Read more
307 W. Seventh Street [NR*/Sky(NR)], Fair Building/ Bank of Commerce Building, 1930; 1964. The Fair Building was constructed in 1930 according to plans by Wyatt C. Hedrick, the architect of a number of important Fort Worth buildings. Hewitt Construction Co. erected the structure for Fort Worth Properties Corporation which was run by Houston developer Jesse … Read more
Concrete contractors have traditionally stamped their names and dates of construction into newly poured sidewalks. In Fort Worth, contractors are required to stamp their work, and this horseshoe-shaped stamp seems quite appropriate considering the city’s western heritage.
S.W. corner Fourth and Commerce streets (500 Commerce Street), Dunn’s “Mansion” Garage, 1924; 1935; 1990. Dunn’s “Mansion” Garage took its name from the Mansion Hotel which occupied this site from 1876 until it was destroyed by fire in 1920. The Mansion was one of Fort Worth’s premier hotels and, according to a story told by … Read more
1001 W Seventh Street [Auto], Firestone Service Store, 1930. By the end of the 1920s, the automobile was a major phenomenon in American life, particularly in cities. service garages appeared in increasing numbers. This Firestone Service Store, the first in Fort Worth, is part of a once-larger cluster of automobile sales and service buildings along … Read more
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