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
This five-unit one-story apartment building was planned as a U around a court. The front units are designed as cross-gabled cottages. Abstract half-timbering in each gable end is in the form of an X, with a porthole vent at the intersection of the members. The buildings are of wood-framed construction with brick veneer on the … Read more
The Clark House is a two-story brick structure with hipped roof, full porch (partially enclosed) and a side porte-cochere. This was one of the first houses built on Elizabeth Blvd. It was designed in 1912 by a little-known architect and civil engineer named Boudinot G. Leake for Hugh C. Ford, and sold soon after to … Read more
The Gumm House is a two-story brick veneer house, generally rectangular in plan, with interlocking hipped roofs clad in glazed green tile. Eaves are soffited and adorned with carved brackets. A full porch supported by brick piers extends across the front. The house was built in 1919 for Charles C. Gumm, a partner in the … Read more
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
Marseline K. Moore, former manager of the Hollywood and Worth theaters in downtown Fort Worth, built on his showmanship skills when he started his outdoor advertising business. In 1949, he had this one-story building of “Texcrete” tile constructed. It has an International influence with its flat roof with overhang and large metal multiple-light windows, several … Read more
This two-story yellow brick house, with parapeted flat roof and canopy-like eave, was designed and built in 1913 by B. G. Leake, a Fort Worth architect and civil engineer. The original owner (through the 1930s) was Howard W. Peak, owner of a safe company. Peak, a well-known amateur historian, was reputedly the first white child … Read more
The Coffey-Gholson House is a large wood-framed structure sheathed in painted brick with red-tiled hipped roofs. In composition, it is a rectangular block with wings projecting to the south and east which are joined by a hipped porch. Delicately mullioned casement windows are grouped in horizontal bands. A massive battered chimney adjoins the entry at … Read more
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
St. John’s Episcopal Church was organized on February 7, 1924, and met initially in rented buildings. The present site was purchased in 1925; several wood-framed buildings were erected through the 1940s. The existing Gothic Revival church and chapel were designed by church member Joseph J. Patterson (of the architectural firm of Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap … Read more