Charles J. Harkness, a contractor, built this house in 1924 and lived here for one year. Harkness sold the house the following year to James Page. It has passed through several owners since 1925. This substantial two-story brick veneer house has a low pitched hipped roof with wide, overhanging eaves. The full hipped porch with … Read more
This house was constructed about 1913 by William J. Boaz, a land developer who was also vice president of the Texas Anchor Fence Co., treasurer of the Southern Land Co. and vice president of American National Bank. Boaz had previously resided in Polytechnic and is first listed on Carter Ave. in the 1914 city directory. … Read more
The original Meadowbrook Methodist Church on this site was built in 1928. The growth of the congregation prompted church members to form a building fund in 1940 to raise funds for a new sanctuary. By 1946, the building committee raised sufficient funds to hire Wiley G. Clarkson, the architect of many significant Fort Worth buildings, … Read more
Henry E Bell, secretary and general manager of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association from 1937 to 1955, built this house about 1937. The stone veneer bungalow has a combination hip and gable roof and a segmental arch front portico. The projecting steel porch canopy was added during a 1952 remodeling. The low stone … Read more
The earliest recorded owner of this house was Benjamin B. Brown, who sold it in 1912 to Mrs. Lou R. Nave. Mrs. Nave, a dressmaker, is first listed at this address in the 1909-10 city directory. She lived her with her son, Royston Nave, a portrait painter who later became an important Texas artist. The … Read more
As the population of East Fort Worth increased rapidly during the 1920s, the need for additional fire stations arose. The city purchased this lot in 1927, and constructed the fire station in 1928. Wiley G. Clarkson designed the station; Beall and Lewis were the contractors. Clarkson designed many of Fort Worth’s finest public school buildings … Read more
Mrs. Ellen R. Bledsoe purchased this lot in 1924 for $1,500 from the Beacon Hill Land Co. and hired Abey H. Smith to build this house in 1925. Norvelle and Roy R. Bledsoe occupied the house during 1925. Mr. Bledsoe was the manager of Rosenthal Furniture Co. The house is a handsome two- story red … Read more
According to tax records, this house dates from 1910. The first recorded owner is Fred Wohlenberg, an engineer, who did not occupy the house. Wohlenberg sold the house in 1934 to James Turner. The two-story house has a flaring hipped roof with wide soffits; an unusual two-story central hipped portico with square columns below and … Read more
Meadowbrook Elementary/Junior High School was built in 1935-36 to relieve overcrowding at nearby Tandy and Sagamore Elementary Schools. In 1954, when Meadowbrook Junior High opened, the 1936 building became exclusively an elementary school. Wyatt C. Hedrick designed the original Meadowbrook School; R.F. Bull Construction was the contractor. Hedrick designed a number of Fort Worth’s public … Read more
J. Herman and Peggie Wright purchased this lot from the Beacon Hill Land Co. in 1925 and contracted with builder R.S. Smith to erect this house the same year. Mr. Wright was the office manager for the Fort Worth Warehouse and Storage Co. and his wife was a music teacher; they lived here until 1935. … Read more
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