Nowlin Building – College

This two-story brick structure was erected in 1913 on a corner site in a predominantly residential neighborhood. Two unaltered storefronts extend across the front of the ground floor, with residential flats above. Raised frieze panels, a corbelled brick cornice and a stepped parapet are the only decorative elements in this straightforward building. An upper-story loggia … Read more

Fort Worth Macaroni Co. Factory – Maryland

The Fort Worth Macaroni Co. Factory is a three-story brick industrial building with a tapering plan which conforms to a constricted site adjacent to railroad tracks. Narrow windows, rectangular on the second story and segmentally arched on the top story, are set regularly in the walls. A corbelled brick cornice wraps around the building. The … Read more

Key House – May

The Key House is a one and one-half story wood-framed dwelling, rectangular in plan, with a hipped roof and full recessed porch supported by boxed posts on brick bases. Identical hipped dormers, each with a recessed balcony framed by boxed posts, project to the front and sides. The house is a good example of a … Read more

Kimbell Milling Co. Warehouse and Offices – Main

Built in three stages between 1935 and 1948, this office and warehouse structure is of reinforced concrete construction. The two-story office wing fronting the street—faced in brick, with glass-block banding on both floors—was designed by Wilson & Patterson and built in 1948. Built for the Kimbell Milling Co., the complex was sold in 1976. This … Read more

Row of Seven Houses – Adams

These similarly designed two-story apartment houses were constructed between c. 1924 and 1928. Several are documented: 1025-27 S. Adams was built in 1926, 1009-11 S. Adams in 1927. The buildings at 1009-11, 1021-23 and 1025-27 were developed by R. G. Booth, who hired contractor H. R. Cooksey to build them. The other buildings were developed … Read more

House – Bessie

This one-story wood-framed house is composed of gabled and hipped bays, or abbreviated wings, projecting at right angles from a central mass with steeply pitched hipped roof which extends down to become the roof of the porch. Decorative shingles clad the front gable end; one turned post survives on the porch. The house appears to … Read more

Robles House – Bryan

This one-story L-plan house with half porch was a widespread type in Tarrant County at the turn of the century. This well-preserved example has delicate shinglework in the gable ends and lathed posts with jigsaw brackets on the porch. It was purchased by Jesus Robles in 1949 and is owned by a descendant. The house … Read more

Sandy-Hill House – College

This one-story wood-framed house has an irregular plan. It is sheathed in narrow clapboard and has a jerkinhead gabled roof. The house is distinguished by a quantity of delicate ornamental wood trim, including porch brackets, brackets and friezes beneath window hoods and jerkin-heads, and circular attic vents with jigsaw grilles. Documentation indicates that the house … Read more

Goldstein House – Travis

This one-story wood-framed house with rectangular plan, flaring hipped roof and recessed corner porch was a widespread residential type in early 20th century Tarrant County. It was built c. 1908 for a Mrs. R. Goldstein.

Burke House – Pruitt

Originally located in the expanding Medical District, this house was moved to 2001 6th Avenue in 2000. See that address for more information.

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