A. C. Luther came to Fort Worth from Florida in 1930 to build homes in the exclusive residential project at Westover Hills. He formed a partnership with John E. Byrne as the construction firm of Byrne & Luther, Inc. In 1933, the partners constructed houses on prominent, adjoining hilltop sites overlooking the entrance to Westover … Read more
Prominent Fort Worth architect Marshall R. S anguinet studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, moving to Fort Worth in 1883. Forming several partnerships over the years, from 1892 to 1896 he was in business with Arthur and Howard Messer. In 1903 Sanguinet began his long practice with Carl G. Staats; the firm was … Read more
Harry E. and Elizabeth M. Brants owned a large farmstead tract in the West side; the area was later broken up to form Ridglea Country Club. Brants, of the Brants Co., a real estate and insurance firm, commissioned architect Hubert Hammond Crane to design a ten-room, wood-frame family residence in 1937. Earl North Parker, secretary-treasurer … Read more
Crestwood Place Apartments opened June 30, 1940. The complex featured nine apartment blocks grouped in a U -pattern around a landscaped courtyard off White Settlement Road. Architects Joseph J. Patterson and J. E. Teague designed the project; Loffland and Luther Construction Co. were the contractors. According to J. T. Luther, the project was one of … Read more
This commercial structure was constructed by contractor A. W. Flynt for Roy White to house the Roy White Paint Co. The second floor contains one apartment. Of brick and hollow tile construction, the building sports a veneer of smooth cast-stone with Moderne details. A 1956 one-story addition faced in stone veneer adjoins the structure to … Read more
Thomas F. Mastin, owner of a Pierce Arrow Dealership, and his wife, Mary M. Mastin, acquired property in the River Crest addition in 1927. Probably constructed the same year, the residence remains in the Mastin family. The two-story house, faced in buff brick, has a hip roof clad in glazed green tile. A one- story, … Read more
Commanding a dramatic hilltop site near the south entrance to Westover Hills, this large house is clad in warm red brick veneer with picturesque highlights of polychrome sandstone. The staggered L-plan features steeply pitched, two-story cross gables roofed in flat red ceramic tiles. The lots on which this house was built straddle the boundary line … Read more
This important Arlington Heights house was constructed by Meritt Stevens, building contractor, for LeonardO. and Edna Williams in 1907 for $3,030. In 1910 the dwelling was sold to Orlitz V. Colvin, a prominent meat and grocery merchant; he resided here with his wife, Adelaide, until 1925. Jesse G. Estes, in real estate, and Nora Estes … Read more
This two-story frame house, clad in narrow-milled wood siding, features a hip roof and an offset, front projecting gabled bay; these are elements typical of turn of the century vernacular house design. A firm history cannot be established for the house until the 1920s. The original porch columns on the full front porch have been … Read more
Elbert G. Rall, a prominent figure in the wholesale grain industry of Fort Worth, first constructed a grain elevator on this site next to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad lines in 1914-15. Records indicate that in 1924 and 1930 the structure underwent alterations; by 1935 the capacity had almost doubled, to one million … Read more
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