800 Calhoun Street [NR/WSHD(NR)], Binyon-O’Keefe Storage Co., 1916-17. Designed in 1916 by noted Fort Worth architects Sanguinet and Staats, this warehouse facility was built just after the O’Keefe family joined with Binyon Transfer Co. to form Binyon-O’Keefe [Fireproof] Storage Co. The firm, one of the city’s oldest, was first established in 1874. It provided a … Read more
404 Harding Street, House, c. 1905. Booker Cump was the first identified tenant of this house, listed in the 1922 city directory. The houses’s form and detailing suggest a much earlier construction date, and it is possible that the house was moved to this site in the early 1920s. The gallery-like porch, wrapping around the … Read more
515 Houston Street [NR*/Sky(NR)], Sanger Brothers/Meacham’s Department Store/ Color Tile Building, 1924-25; c. 1977; 1981-82. Constructed in 1924-25, on land owned by Lennie and John I. Jarvis, Sanger Brothers opened this new store building on August 29, 1925 to an enthusiastic public response. Among other services, the store featured an indoor putting green and a … Read more
512 Lamar Street [NR*/CFO(NR)], Y.M.C.A. Building/ Amon Carter, Jr. Downtown Y.M.C.A., 1924-25; 1968; c. 1979-80; 1985. The Y.M.CA. Building, opened to the public in April, 1925, was designed by Wiley G. Clarkson & Co. and built by Harry B. Friedman. Elizabeth Scott, widow of Winfield Scott, was persuaded by Amon G. Carter, Sr. to donate … Read more
908 Monroe Street [NR], Lone Star Gas Company Building, 1929; 1957. Lone Star Gas Co., organized in 1909, provided natural gas from fields in Petrolia, Texas to domestic and industrial users in Henrietta, Petrolia, and Wichita Falls. After a pipeline from Petrolia to Fort Worth was completed in 1910, the company became the city’s major … Read more
145 910 Summit Avenue [NR*], Kleber – Jennings House, c. 1906; c. late 1920s. This one and one-half story bungalow residence was first occupied by Kleber V Jennings, a banker and the eldest son of attorney and civic leader Hyde Jennings. The property is located in the Jennings West Addition which was platted by Hyde … Read more
164 410 E. Weatherford Street [RTHL/NR], Texas State Teachers Association Headquarters Building/Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Building, 1930; c. 1950; 1981. Constructed as the state headquarters for the Texas State Teachers Association, this building was designed by Wiley G. Clarkson and built by general contractor R.E Ball. Clarkson’s design in the Second Renaissance Revival … 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
601 E. First Street [EFHD], George W. Norton House, c. 1898. This one-story, L-plan Queen Anne style cottage is the best preserved of three similar residences on the north side of this block. The porch, with a hipped roof and small entry gable is supported by decorative turned posts and balusters and enlivened with a … Read more
903 E. Third Street [ESHD(NR)], Morning Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church/Morning Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1934-36; 1958. According to a “Sketch of History of Fort Worth Methodism” by W. Erskine Williams, Morning Chapel e.M.E. Church was founded in 1868 under the leadership of Rev. W.H. Coger. This building, designed by local architect W.e. Meador, … Read more
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