Neighborhood: West Side

Dedicated March 30, 1909, Greenwood Cemetery contains a wide variety of twentieth-century markers and substantial mausoleum. The oak -shaded, 196-acre grounds contain the burial sites of a number of notable Fort Worth figures including the mausoleum of Amon G. Carter, Sr. There is also a monument erected to honor the Canadian flyers killed while training … Read more

The Chevrolet Assembly Plant was one of three automobile plants built in Fort Worth prior to World War I. Constructed about 1915, it was enlarged in 1920 by Butcher, Sweeney and Friedman, General Contractors and Engineers. At that time a third story was added, without interrupting the business of the production line in the floors … Read more

Harry B. Friedman, an important general contractor involved in many Fort Worth building projects, was the first owner and resident of this one-story eclectic bungalow. Composed as a stucco H-plan, the cross-gabled end bays enclose a recessed portico supported by delicate Tuscan columns. The brick trim has been painted and several windows have been replaced; … Read more

The Commercial Standard Insurance Co. erected this structure to house their fire, marine, life and title insurance divisions. The striking design is from the office of Mackie and Kamrath, important modernist architects from Houston. Thomas S. Byrne was the contractor for the project. Inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, the office building is … Read more

This eclectic house successfully combines a number of materials in an asymmetrical composition to project an image of a historic period. Architect Charles Armstrong is responsible for the design. Contractor Morris L. Swartzberg and mason Eugene Sergi constructed the house, built in 1939-40 for Woodrow “Woody” Holmes, an independent oilman. The gabled one- story house … Read more

Texas and Pacific Railroad entered Fort Worth on July 19, 1876 and thereafter played a major role in the growth of the city. The year 1928 saw the commencement of plans to reconstruct and improve the downtown rail system, promoted by John L. Lancaster, the firm’s president. Relocation of the roundhouse, train yards and shops … Read more

These marble curb markers, inscribed with the street name, exist on only a few older, prime residential streets in Fort Worth, such as Clarke Avenue and Dorothy Lane. They may have been installed as early as 1906, the year Hi Mount Land Co. opened the Bunting, Rose Hill and Mattison Additions for development; further research … Read more

The 7th Street Theater was constructed in 1948-49 for owner Boyd Milligan. The primary significance of the simple, stucco box is its marquee in late Moderne styling. The theater was demolished in late 2002.

J. Thomas Wurtsbaugh, of Hooper-Wurtsbaugh Lumber Co., purchased four adjoining lots here in 1908, and was noted in the 1909-10 City Directory as residing in Arlington Heights, although at an unspecified address. A one-story rectangular block, the house features a deep, continuous porch which projects from the north, east and west elevations. Large gabled dormers … Read more