512 W. Fourth Street [NR/RTHL/CFO(NR)],Fort Worth Lodge 134 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks~W.C.A.,1928; 1990. Originally built in 1928 as the Elks Lodge, this modified Georgian Revival building was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick and constructed by Thomas S. Byrne, Inc. The large buff brick building has five stories and a full basement as well … Read more
1500 Eleventh Avenue [NR*], City of Fort Worth Water Works/North Holly Water Treatment Plant, 1891-92; 1917; 1931; 1932; 1952; 1954. The old City of Water Works, now known as the North Holly Water Treatment Plan, is a complex of buildings beneath the western bluffs of the central business district. The oldest structure, the pump building, … Read more
1907 Chambers Street, House, c. 1900. This turn-of-the century rental property was probably constructed about 1900, although changing house numbers on Chambers St. make the property difficult to trace. The first identified tenant, Joseph C. Darret, does not appear in city directory records until 1909-10. The one-story wood frame house was distinguished by its bold … Read more
1100 Henderson Street [RTHL/NR/CFO(NR)], Masonic Temple, 1930-31. Dominating its seven and one-half acre site on a hillside overlooking downtown Fort Worth, the Masonic Temple is one of the most monumentally imposing buildings in the city. The carefully piled masses and gigantic Ionic peristyle recall the heroic classicism of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. … Read more
609 Houston Street, Pangburn’s Chocolate Shop/Baker’s Shoe Store/Goldstein Brothers, c. 1905; c. 1934. The appearance of this turn-of-the-century commercial building is due to a remodeling undertaken about 1934 when Baker’s Shoe Store took over space formerly occupied by Pangburn’s Chocolate Shop. Baker’s was located here through the early 1960s, followed by a series of jewelry … Read more
1212 W Lancaster Avenue [NR], WI. Cook Memorial Hospital/W.I. Cook Children’s Hospital/Health South Rehabilitation, 1927-29; 1957-58; 1989-90. The W.I. Cook Hospital was completed in 1929, acclaimed as one of the finest hospitals of its size in the country. The facility was built with and endowed by funds given by Mrs. W.I. (Matilda M.) Cook in … Read more
207 Nichols Street, Widows Inn Bar/Drop Inn Bar, c. 1952. This tavern, built about 1952 to house the Widows Inn Bar managed by Mrs. Emma Hill, was located in one of Fort Worth’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. The name was changed to Drop Inn Bar about 1955. A two-story concrete block building sheathed in gray stucco, … Read more
147 1301 Summit Avenue [NR*/BSHD], Bewley-Ellison House, c. 1915; 1991. This house was built for Edwin E. Bewley, president and general manager of Bewley Mills (see CBD 74). Mr. Bewley, who assumed management of the mill after his father’s death in 1906, was also involved in banking and civic affairs. Beginning in 1929, the house … Read more
165 600 E. Weatherford Street [EFHD], (600 E. Weatherford St., 1925; c. 1960)Weatherford Street Methodist Episcopal Church South/Civic Building, 1925; c. 1960. Weatherford Street Methodist Church was founded in 1890 as the East Side Sunday School Mission. After several moves and a succession of buildings, the church built this structure to meet the needs of … 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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