This one-story brick and stucco bungalow is remarkable for its roof—an undulating series of gables and hips clad in red tile—punctuated by numerous chimneys with little tiled gables of their own. The house was built c. 1918 and first resided in by David and Pattie Humphreys. With more documentation on the architect and/or builder, it … Read more
A unique example of a high-rise apartment building in pre-war Fort Worth, the 12-story Forest Park Apartments was financed by St. Louis capital and constructed in 1927-28 by the Churchill-Humphrey Co. of Dallas, at a cost of about $250,000. It is of steel-framed construction, clad in brown brick, with cast stone trim and twin octagonal … Read more
The first listing of this house in the city directories occurs in 1925, for R. Edward Lyons, a salesman. Its composition — a two-story hipped block with full roof-terraced porch suggests an earlier date of construction. It forms part of a group of substantial houses along this stretch of the street. The Lyons House is … Read more
This two-story brick veneer house first occurs in city directories in 1925 as the residence of Herman L. Holbrook, an oil operator. Mark McGee, an attorney who later became a judge, resided here from 1927 through the 1950s. The house is similar to 2320 Mistletoe Blvd. The Holbrook-McGee House is a contributing resource in the … Read more