167 1102 E. Weatherford Street, Seligman-Chicotsky House, c. 1906. This large, turn-of-the-century house was built for Oscar Seligman, president of the National Liquor Co. In 1926, Seligman sold the property to Moses J. Chicotsky who operated the Kosher Market and Delicatessen, a forerunner of today’s Chicotsky’s Fine Foods. Chicotsky occupied the house until 1943. Of … Read more
John Peter Smith (1831-‘901) was one of Fort Worth’s early civic leaders. He migrated to Fort Worth from Kentucky in 1853 in the first wave of settlers who arrived after the U.S. Army left, and opened the town’s first school in 1854. Smith was elected mayor of Fort Worth in 1882, a period when Fort … Read more
809-11, 813, 815, 901, 903, 905, 907 E. Second Street [NR/ESHD(NR)], Duplex Houses, c. 1925. Located in a historically African-American neighborhood, this row of metal-roofed duplex houses provides a classic image of working class housing in 1920s Texas. The earliest tenants included janitors, maids, a waitress, a cook, and the proprietor of the nearby Knights … Read more
512 Main Street (formerly 106 W. Fifth Street), Sinclair Building, 1930; 1942; 1990. Oil money flowed into Fort Worth during the 1920s, and the downtown skyline reflects this infusion of capital in a number of elegant buildings. Among them is the recently restored Sinclair Building. Oilman R.O. Dulaney, president of the Fort Ring Oil … Read more
1407 E. Nineteenth Street, Tabernacle Cumberland Presbyterian Church Parsonage, c. 1895. Tabernacle Cumberland Presbyterian Church purchased this property in 1894. Located adjacent to the main church structure, the 1896-97 city directory lists Rev. James M. Martin, pastor of the church, at this location. The church sold the property in 1898. William B. Bush, a train … Read more
215 Commerce Street, Fire Station No.1, 1907; 1983. Designed by the important architectural firm of Sanguinet and Staats and built in 1907 by contractor Samuel A. Tomlinson, this fire station served Fort Worth’s central business district and surrounding neighborhoods until 1980. The adept brickwork, as evidenced in the second story rustication and corbelling, and the … Read more
111 Houston Street, Commercial Building/Engler’s Dry Goods, c.1895-1900. The actual construction date of this turn-of-the-century Victorian commercial building is not known, but it was likely erected between 1895 and 1900 by property owner Edward Disney Farmer. The earliest tenant identified in city directory records was the National Coffee Co. which located here about 1906. A … Read more
900 Houston Street, Fort Worth Pharmacy/Gross Clothing Co./Atlantic Coffee Co./Ward Drug Co./Thompson Book Store, c. 1910; c. 1960s. Constructed about 1910, this three-story brick building was owned by Mrs. Bert K. Smith, wife of the prominent Fort Worth grain dealer. Fort Worth Pharmacy was the first tenant, followed by Gross Clothing Co. from about 1913 … Read more
302 Main Street, Bradner Block/Weber Building, c.1885; c. 1915; 1981. Occupied by a tobacco dealer and a series of barbers and restaurants when it first opened, a portion of this building also housed the Western Union Telegraph Co. during the 1890s. The building is identified as the “Bradner Block” on an 1889 Sanborn Fire Insurance … Read more
505 Pecan Street [CFW/NR/EWHD(NR)], Ellison Furniture and Carpet Co. Warehouses/Tindall Record Storage Warehouses, c. 1911. Founded in 1888 as Maddox, Ellison & Co., the Fort Worth furniture firm became Ellison Furniture and Carpet Co. in 1905 when partner ‘IB. Ellison acquired a majority interest in the company. Ellison’s built this complex of three connected brick … Read more
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