Neighborhood: Central Business District

1600 W. Fifth Street, First Baptist Church/Calvary Cathedral, 1964-65.  First Baptist Church has had a long history in downtown Fort Worth, and several notable pastors including J. Frank Norris and Homer Ritchie.  Two previous church buildings burned, and the 1931 church which stood on the block bounded by Throckmorton, Third, Fourth, and Taylor where Tandy … Read more

410 W. Seventh Street [NR/Sky (NR)], Electric Building  and Electric Building Annex (Hollywood Theatre) / 410 W. Seventh Building, 1929-30; 1979.  Erected in 1929-30 to house the Texas Electric Service Co., this building was designed by Fort Worth architect Wyatt C. Hedrick.  Houston developer Jesse H. Jones, who operated locally through the Fort Worth Properties … 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

 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

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

1012-20 W. Seventh Street [Auto], Smith-Swinney Motor Co./Mastin Motor Co./Fort Worth Shaver and Appliance Center, 1927; 1948; c. 1960.  Smith-Swinney Motor Co., purveyors of Hudson and Essex Motor Cars, were the first occupants of this 1927 building designed by architect Wyatt C. Hedrick. The firm was here for only two years, replaced by Mastin Motor … Read more

1100 W. Seventh Street [Auto], Carroll-Dillard Co./Clyde Burns Motors/Meador Oldsmobile, c. 1926.  Constructed about 1926, this building first housed the Carroll-Dillard Co., dealers in Studebaker and Erskine motor cars.  The dealership was here for only one year, replaced by a succession of automobile dealers and, during the mid-1930s, a custom furniture shop.  Clyde Burns Motors … Read more

1204 W. Seventh Street [Auto], Packard-Scruggs Co./Packard-Fort Worth Co./Fort Worth Motors, Inc./H.B. Ransom Motor Co., c. 1925. One of four automobile sales and service buildings from the 1920s along this stretch of W Seventh Street, this building was first home to Packard Scruggs Co., a Packard dealership managed by A.G. Fisher. Renamed the Packard-Fort Worth … 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

209 W Eighth Street [RTHL/NR], The Atelier Building, c. 1905; 1980-81.  The Atelier Building was built about 1905. Hunter-Phelan Savings Bank and Trust Co., a private bank, occupied the ground floor and architects Steward Weymss-Smith and Lucius G. Schenk (Smith and Schenk) had their offices on the second floor.  Smith and Schenk reportedly gave the … Read more