According to a 1928 Mechanic’s Lien, J.J. and Maude Sweet hired D.M. Council, contractor, to build this house for $10,000. Mr. Sweet platted this area in 1924, and his house was the first constructed in the new addition. Sweet, and his partner Elzie T. Jenkins, were barbers who also ran Sweet and Jenkins, a real … Read more
This group of three columns are the remnants of a larger set that originally functioned as entrance gates to this block of Mount Vernon Avenue. The paving contracts for this part of Mount Vernon date from early 1927, and the columns may have been built at that time as part of the development of this … Read more
This building was originally an orphans’ home situated on a 28 acre farm which provided food, shelter and vocational training for almost 100 children. It replaced an earlier structure built in 1908 with money raised by the Fort Worth Benevolent Home Association. The Benevolent Home Association had cared for orphans since 1887 in the Lloyd … Read more
This large one-story dark stone house has a flat roof with a crenulated parapet. The low round arch entry is flanked by round arch windows. The loggia to the west has been enclosed with wood siding. An unusual stone house dating from the mid-1920s, this house is unique among the predominantly classical houses from this … Read more
An Eastside institution, White Lake Dairy opened about 1927 advertising itself as the “Most Sanitary Dairy in the South.” Located just north of the city limits on Oakland Boulevard, the dairy was operated by Roscoe C. and Emma Mann. William E White who ran a real estate business, the William E White Land Co., was … Read more
During the 1920s and early 1930s, the popularity of the automobile and improved roadways led to the development of a new enterprise, the “tourist court,” a forerunner of today’s motels. In 1930-31 Charles H. Stern built this small motel along the Interurban route. Stern worked as a trainman for the Northern Texas Traction Co., and … Read more
This two-story red brick Georgian style house has a red tiled hip roof and a bracketed cornice. The symmetrically composed facade has a central entrance portico with handsome fluted Doric columns. According to mechanic’s lien records, the Tandyland Co. contracted with West Texas Construction Co. to build this house in 1926. The Tandyland Co. sold … Read more
This large two-story yellow brick house has a low hipped roof with wide eaves. Heavy brick columns support the porch and a side porte cochere. According to tax records, this house was built about 1915. It may have been constructed for Alfred V. Dalrymple, an attorney, who is the earliest recorded owner, but city directory … Read more
Ralph H. and Annie G. Fash purchased this property in 1920, and built this house in 1925. Mr. Fash founded Fort Worth Laboratories. This house is one of the largest and most accomplished examples of Tudor Revival in East Fort Worth. It was designed by William C. Meador, an architect who made frequent use of … Read more
City directory records from 1929 list the first business here as the Stop Nona Garage, run by JH. Hawks. James and Gertrude Harrison owned the property and were responsible for constructing the one-story brick commercial structure with end piers and a central stepped parapet with a corbelled brick cornice. The building was sold in 1940 … Read more
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