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
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
400 W. Seventh Street [NR], Fort Worth Star-Telegram Building, 1920; 1940; 1947-49; 1967-70. Founded as the Fort Worth Star in 1906 and incorporating the rival Telegram in 1909, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram was Texas’ largest newspaper prior to World War II. Publisher Among G. Carter, Sr., (1879-1955) used it as a vehicle to promote Fort … Read more
Isaac Foster, a farmer who had significant land holdings, is first listed at this address in the 1883-84 city directory. He and hist wife, Mary, occupied the house until his death about 1900. Following her husband’s death, Mary Foster lived with her daughter and son-in-law Lulu and William B. Garvey. In 1911 this property was … Read more
This impressive Queen Anne house was built for Lulu Foster Garvey and her husband William B. Garvey. Mrs. Garvey was the daughter of Isaac Foster and the granddaughter of Baldwin L. Samuel. Mary and Isaac Foster deeded the land on which this house stands to the Garveys in 1883. Mr. Garvey was a grocer who … Read more
The oldest continuously used church building in Fort Worth, St. Patrick Church was erected beginning in 1888 according to plans prepared by architect James J. Kane. Kane practiced in Fort Worth from 1876 until his death in 1901. His other projects include St. Ignatius Academy, a Tarrant County jail, and circa 1882 renovations to the … Read more
601 Main Street [NR/CFW/Sky(NR)], Blackstone Hotel, 1929; 1952-53. One of Fort Worth’s great hotels from the boom years of the 1920s, the Blackstone Hotel’s stepped and spired silhouette has been a prominent part of the city’s skyline since 1929. Designed by the nationally known firm of Mauran, Russell, and Crowell in association with Fort Worth … Read more
In 1928 First Christian Church, which has been in downtown Fort Worth since it was founded in 1855, decided to build an educational facility to house their expanding operations. The church engaged the architectural firm of Van Slyke and Woodruff, which had plans for this seven-story facility. More than a classroom building, the structure also … Read more
1101-1113 Jennings Avenue, Auto Home Garage and Midland Manufacturing Co., 1931. The front façade of this building was reconstructed in 1931 after the portion of Jennings Ave. on which it was fronted was widened. At that time the building was occupied by the Auto Home Garage and the Midland Manufacturing Co., which made pumping machinery … Read more
Erected by the Mary Isham Keith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, this bas-relief plaque mounted on a granite boulder was ,iaced to commemorate the founding of Camp Worth on {his site in 1849. In fact, the exact location of Camp Worth i.as been the subject of considerable debate, and the marker might … Read more
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