Winter House – Hemphill

This one and one-half story wood-framed house has a rectangular plan, with porch recessed beneath the slope of the gabled roof. A forward-projecting bay, with steeply pitched gabled roof, is flanked by a gabled dormer with rolled walls, lending an eccentric feeling to the design. The house was built c. 1908 for John W. Winter. … Read more

Camier House – Lipscomb

Thomas and Sarah Camier had this large wood-framed house built c. 1908. Three-sided gabled bays project from a central hipped mass; a full porch with Tuscan columns extends across the front.

Davis House – Ryan Place

The Davis House is a two-story structure faced in buff brick, with red-tiled hipped roof, elegantly proportioned and detailed, and formal in composition. The symmetrical façade has a delicate portico with a denticulated pediment supported by clusters of Tuscan columns and paneled posts. A one-story conservatory off the south wall, of wood construction, has Tuscan … Read more

Duringer House – Ryan Place

This house was built in 1922 for Dr. William C. Duringer, a prominent surgeon who maintained a private practice in Fort Worth for nearly 50 years. The Duringer family lived here until 1955. It is a two-story structure clad in smooth stucco painted white, with red-tiled hipped roof. It is rectangular in plan with blocky … Read more

Holmes House – Ryan Place

The Holmes House is a two-story house, rectangular in plan, with polychromatic red brick walls and green-tiled hipped roof. It has a symmetrical composition consisting of a central entry with semi-circular columned portico flanked by slightly projecting, identical end bays. A columned roof-terraced loggia to the south is balanced by an identical porte-cochere to the … Read more

Clarkson House – Ryan Place

This large Tudor Revival house has a red brick veneer and steeply pitched gables clad in red tile. The brick is laid partially in diaper pattern and peppered with clinkers. The entry is framed in cast stone and surmounted by a half-timbered gable. A large three-paned stairwell window, stepped at the bottom, has leaded and … Read more

John C. Ryan, Sr. House – Ryan Place

This large two-story wood-framed house has a rectangular plan with a veneer of pale buff brick and hipped roof clad in glazed green tile. The house is symmetrically composed, with central pedimented portico supported by paired Ionic columns. Shuttered windows are set regularly along the façade. Transomed double doors communicate with a full terrace. This … Read more

Melat House – Ryan Place

This large and dignified house, set on spacious grounds, was designed by Joseph R. Pelich and built in 1923 by John C. Ryan, Jr. The original owner was H. Alonzo Melat, superintendent of the Gulf Production Co., who lived here until 1933. The has had numerous owners since that time. It is a two-story gabled … Read more

Lanius House – Adams

Built c. 1926 for Clarence A. Lanius, cattleman, this brick and stucco house has a gabled porte-cochere and porch which give it the feeling of a large bungalow. The roofs are clad in red tile. The house may be eligible for the National Register with further documentation. The Lanius House was designated a Recorded Texas … Read more

Mehl House – Adams

The Mehl House is a large, formal house, rectangular in plan, clad in buff brick with cast stone trim and has a glazed green-tiled hipped roof. A two-story bay with ground-level breezeway projects to the south, balanced by a porte-cochere to the north. A massive, carefully designed chimney is on the street frontage. This was … Read more

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