Neighborhood: Fort Worth

A shorter version of the Westinghouse Hollowspun “Sheridan” standard described above (see grouping for University Place neighborhood), these streetlights were installed in the Berkeley Addition at about the same time.

This small brick commercial structure contains two storefronts, each consisting of a transomed entry flanked by large transomed display windows. These have been enclosed with glass block. A broken cornice, bracketed and tiled, is surmounted by triangular parapets over the entries. Built c. 1925, the structure housed originally a building supply company. It was gutted … Read more

            The King House is a two-story wood-framed structure clad in shingle and channel rustic siding. It has a rectangular plan. A gabled section projects slightly from the hipped mass of the house, overhanging a recessed porch supported by tapering posts on a stone base. Tax records indicate that a … Read more

A shorter version of the Westinghouse Hollowspun “Sheridan” standard described above (see grouping for University Place neighborhood), these streetlights were installed in the Berkeley Addition at about the same time.

Louis Bicocchi, a prominent grocer in 19th century Fort Worth, established the Fort Worth Macaroni Paste Factory c. 1900. In 1905 this became part of John B. Laneri’s Fort Worth Macaroni Co., of which Bicocchi was named treasurer and manager (see 902 S. Jennings Avenue). He erected this two-story brick building c. 1909, renting out … Read more

This two-story four-unit brick apartment building has a rectangular plan with hipped roof and full hipped-roofed two-story portico. The massive brick piers of the portico, corbelled at the second floor and roof levels, are remarkable. Built c. 1913, the building was known as the Bridgeman Apartments in the 1920s and as the Hesterly Apartments in … Read more

This two-story brick structure, generally rectangular in plan, has a bracketed hipped roof and shuttered double-hung windows. A full front terrace is partially covered by a porch with wrought-iron posts. Built as a residence for William R. Edrington, who purchased the property from John C. Ryan in 1914, it was acquired by the Woman’s Club … Read more

This two-story apartment building has brick-veneered walls and a flat roof. The building is distinguished by its carefully scaled front elevation consisting of a two-story gallery with brick base, slender columns and a delicate balustrade. The gallery projects forward at each end and flanks a central entry tucked beneath a cantilevered bay. The building was … Read more

This cluster of three duplex rental houses is located on a corner site next to railroad tracks. The land was purchased in 1929 by William C. Guffey, secretary-treasurer of Hawes Coal Co. In January, 1930, he and contractor A. Gunters applied to the city to build four three-room houses on Magnolia Avenue, at a cost … Read more

This large two-story brick structure, generally rectangular in plan, has interlocking hipped roofs. Most window openings on the ground level are arched with rectangular window openings above. A full terrace extends across the front. The house was designed by G. Palmer Graves and built by Joe Lollar in 1910-11. It was the residence of Heinrich … Read more