George B. Monnig, co-founder with his brother, William, of Monnig’s Department Store, had a house built on this site in 1905. This house was destroyed in the great fire of April 3, 1909, which consumed 20 blocks in the Southside. The Monnigs erected the existing residence on the same site, residing here through the 1940s. … Read more
This two-story brick house was built shortly after the fire of 1909. The original owner was John Martin, a prosperous blacksmith, wheelwright and carriage-maker. A cast stone plaque beneath the front eave depicts the letter “M” set between ornate brackets. The house remained in the Martin family until 1951. The Martin House has been demolished
The Markeen Apartments consists of two very similar two-story brick buildings on adjoining corner lots. Each is rectangular, clad in buff brick, with flat roof and hipped parapet fascia of pressed metal simulating tile. Two-story porticos project forward. The apartments, of fireproof construction, were erected soon after the fire of April 1909, and completed by … Read more
This corner commercial building was built in 1926 and has housed a variety of businesses, including restaurants, barbershops and clothes cleaners. It has a rectangular plan and red-tiled hipped roof. Each of the five storefronts is articulated by a gabled parapet with cast stone coping. The building is notable as an intact example of a … Read more
This large Moderne style bakery is two stories in height with a veneer of buff brick. Ground floor plate-glass windows display gleaming automated ovens and conveyor belts. Designed by the firm of Wyatt C. Hedrick and constructed by Quisle & Andrews at a cost of $300,000, the bakery has been a Fort Worth landmark since … Read more
The Oliver House is a one and one-half story wood-framed house, rectangular in plan, with a flaring gabled roof. A partial porch with Tuscan columns is recessed beneath the front gable slope. A large gabled dormer clad in ornamental shingle contains a barrel-vaulted balcony. The upper end walls, framed by wide eaves with returns, are … Read more
Beth-El congregation, organized in 1902 with 43 founding members, was the first in Fort Worth to adhere to the tenets of Reform Judaism. By 1908 a temple had been erected downtown on Fifth and Taylor. The present site was purchased in 1919 and the existing temple completed in the fall of 1920. The builder was … Read more
The Hughes House is a two-story wood-framed house with rectangular plan and hipped roof, sheathed in narrow horizontal wood siding. A central gabled portico is supported by boxed posts flanked by Tuscan columns framing the entry. Built c. 1910, the house originally had a two-story rear section and one-story gabled wing front. The second story … Read more
This two-story brick factory occupies most of a city block. It is generally rectangular in plan with segmental arched windows and a flat parapeted roof. Regularly spaced brick piers and a continuous corbelled brick cornice extend along the two principal façades. Windows have been enclosed. The building occupies the site of the old Fort Worth … Read more
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