410-412 Houston Street [NR], Sanger Building/J.C. Penney Co., 1928-29; 1943; 1986. In 1928 Sanger Brothers, which had only recently built another store building at 515 Houston St. (CBD 88), started construction on this showplace building. Fort Worth architect Wyatt e. Hedrick designed the Spanish Renaissance Revival structure which was erected by Wohlfield and Witt, contractors. … Read more
1501 Jones Street [NR/RTHL], Fort Worth Union Depot/Santa Fe Depot, 1899-1900; 1938. When the new Union Depot opened for public use on March 1, 1900, it was the occasion for a civic celebration. The depot was considered a monument to transportation progress in the Southwest. The latest architectural concepts were incorporated into the depot’s design. … Read more
815 Main Street [NR/RTHL/Sky(NR)], Hotel Texas/Sheraton-Fort Worth/Hyatt Regency Fort Worth, 1920-21; 1961; 1979-81. Fort Worth’s first great hotel from the oil boom years, the Hotel Texas was completed at a cost of $4 million. On the occasion of its grand opening on September 30, 1921, the Fort Worth Star Telegram referred to the hotel as … Read more
143 1011 Samuels Avenue [NR*/SAHD(NR)], Heaton-Simmons- Strohl House, c. 1898-1901. This house was probably built between 1898 and 1901 for William S. Heaton, a notary public with the real estate firm of Heaton, Bury & Co. Heaton sold the house in 1906 to Daniel Price Simmons, a mule dealer in the Fort Worth stockyards. Simmons … Read more
162 1206 Throckmorton Street [NR/RTHL], St. Ignatius Academy/St. Patrick Cathedral School of Religion, 1888-89; 1972; 1974. St. Ignatius Academy was founded in 1885 by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. The first classes were held in the Jacob Smith house and in the old St. Stanislaus Church. In November 1888 the sisters took out … 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
308 Main Street, Commercial Building, c. 1906. Site of the legendary White Elephant Saloon (along with CBD 113) and its second-floor cock fighting pit during the 1890s, the current building at this location was constructed about 1906 and first housed Charles M. Cates, haberdasher, on the ground floor. Central Texas Realty, J.A. Reisacker Musical Instrument … Read more
1020 E. Fourth Street [ESHD(NR)], House, c. 1909. Located at the foot of Harding St. near the railroad tracks, this simple frame house with a gabled roof has long been a meeting place for residents of this Mrican-American neighborhood. Myra Watson both operated a lunch stand from and lived in this structure from 1909 … Read more
401 E. Eighth Street [NR*/WSHD(NR)], Nash Hardware Co./Allied Electronics Warehouse, 1910. Nash Hardware, dealers in hardware, stoves, blacksmith and tinner’s supplies, household furnishings, and sporting goods constructed this building on the eastern edge of the central business district in 1910. The firm was a pioneer institution. Z.E.B. Nash and his son Charles came to Fort … Read more
960 W Bluff Street [WBHD], Mexican Presbyterian Church/Gethsemane Presbyterian Church, c. 1908; 1925; 1943-44. Gethsemane Presbyterian Church is a Spanish-language church located in a small enclave of folk houses north of Belknap St. and west of Henderson St. In 1943 the church, then called Mexican Presbyterian Church, moved to W Bluff St. bringing with it … Read more
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