The Richard House is a one-story wood-framed L-plan house with a gabled roof and an L-shaped porch set in the angle of the wings. The walls are sheathed in channel rustic siding, with diamond-pattern shingles in the gable ends. Ornament includes gable braces with sunburst patterns, lathed porch posts with jigsaw brackets and bracketed window … Read more
This two-story brick fire station is one of three designed by architects Sanguinet & Staats in 1910 for the City of Fort Worth. It is very similar in appearance to Station No. 10 on Lipscomb Street (see 2804 Lipscomb Street). It was erected in 1911 by C. H. McFarland. The high-quality ochre face-brick is trimmed … Read more
Elizabeth Boulevard was the premier street of John C. Ryan’s Ryan Place Addition. It was paved in 1911 by the Texas Building Company. It is assumed that these inset stone curb signs were installed at that time. These curb signs are uncommon on Fort Worth’s Southside. This photograph was taken in 2007.
During the 1950s, the residential district surrounding 8th Avenue, Summit and Pennsylvania began to give way to buildings associated with the expanding medical district. This apartment complex is composed of seven two-story brick buildings that encompass up almost the entire block with the exception of the property facing Pennsylvania Avenue. The Chateau De Ville Apartments … Read more
The Richards House is a one-story wood-framed dwelling with a rectangular plan and flaring hipped roof. A full recessed porch is surmounted by an unusual attic dormer with a delicately proportioned Palladian window and denticulated pediment. Frederick Richards, a passenger conductor with the Texas & Pacific Railroad, resided at this address from c. 1900 through … Read more
Constructed c. 1908, this house had two owners before being purchased by William L. Sargent c. 1911. Sargent was an immigration agent with the Texas & Pacific Railroad. The house remained in the family until 1945. It is noteworthy for its front porch; shingled elliptical arches spring from boxed paneled posts, adorned with exaggerated keystones. … Read more
Charles T. Freelove designed this modern interpretation of the Colonial Revival style for Noble Acuff for his magazine circulation company. The two-story red brick building features a symmetrical façade that is divided into five bays with a centered entrance surmounted by a broken pediment. Pilasters between the bays are painted white. Soldier course with cast … Read more
The configuration of this house differs from the house at this address on the 1910-11 and 1926 Sanborn Maps. Tax records indicate that the house at this location underwent alterations worth $800 in 1937. It was probably at that time that it received the two steeply-pitched gabled bays, each with its own entrance and reflecting … Read more
The one-story T-plan house, with a forward-projecting central wing flanked by porches, is a relatively rare type in Fort Worth and rural Tarrant County. This example has jigsaw wood tracery in the gable ends and a bracketed window hood. Early ownership has not been clearly documented. The Martinez and Wilson families have owned the property … Read more
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