So Relle House – Curzon

This Spanish Mediterranean style stucco house has a V-plan, well suited to its prominent corner site. The two-story house sports a roof of red Mission tile and a one-story entry portico with finely detailed stucco work. Bernice S. and Marion So Relle were the first owners and resident in 1930. Pending further research, the house … Read more

Ridglea United Methodist Church – Locke

Typical of many growing church congregations, Ridglea United Methodist church underwent a series of building campaigns between 1943 and 1965. The church site, however, retains a remarkable visual history of all of its sanctuary structures. Although moved . across Locke Avenue, the original 1943 church remains, a simple gabled structure of wood-frame construction. The 1947 … Read more

Messer House – Locke

Arthur Albert Messer (1863-1934), later a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, practiced architecture in Texas from about 1888 through 1898. He was first a partner with Fort Worth architect A. J. Armstrong; the firm of Armstrong and Messer was responsible for a number of commercial structures, as well as the Texas Spring … Read more

Deats Duplex House – Lisbon

This simple, wood-frame bungalow duplex has served as a rental and owner-occupied residence primarily for workings in the Texas and Pacific Lancaster Railroad Yards. George W. Deats, who had been a master mechanic for Texas & Pacific Railroad, purchased the site in 1928, the year that the Lancaster Railroad Yards (South of 3900 block of … Read more

O.B. King House – Virginia

This unusual, one and one-half story house is faced in textured yellow brick and has a generally rectangular plan under a gable roof. The structure is distinguished by the eccentric treatment of the Tudor-arched entry below a gabled portico with flamboyant rounded sides. Oscar B. King, a schoolteacher, purchased this lot from Herbert G. Walker … Read more

AAA Package Store – Henderson

The first documented business to occupy this one-story brick structure was AAA Package Store, owned and operated by Max Ellis. Probably constructed in 1946, the Streamline Moderne building has housed a number of retail establishments.

Freedman House – Hazelwood

In 1938, Louis H. Freedman, a geologist and engineer, purchased a Riverview Estates lot overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River. Contractor Tom Hill built the Period Revival residence for the Freedmans, which was completed in 1940. The house has been attributed to architect Charles O. Chromaster. Clinker brick set in wavy surface patterns … Read more

BUckler-Landreth House – Hazelwood

This spacious, bluff-top site overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River was acquired by Jack M. Buckler, an oil operator, in 1938. Jack and JoAlice Buckler commissioned prominent Fort Worth architect Joseph R. Pelich to design their residence. Adele Landreth acquired the house in 1943, and William A. and Virginia Landreth owned and resided … Read more

Gaynor Duplex Apartments – El Campo

This row of three duplex apartments is first listed in the 1925 City Directory. Hazel Call Gaynor purchased all six adjoining lots in 1923 from Robert McCart, a large West Side landowner. Gaynor’s husband, Carlton S. Gaynor, was a partner of the contracting firm Veazie and Gaynor. The two-story duplex boxes are of wood-frame construction … Read more

Arlington Heights School No. 28 and No.46 – El Campo

This educational complex is a product of two school districts and three major building campaigns. Arlington Heights Independent School District commissioned the first structure, a two-story brick schoolhouse, in 1909. It initially served all grades; since the 1920s it has served elementary grades. The T-plan composition of the 1909 school is a five-bay central block … Read more

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