Wesley C. Stripling, president of Stripling’s Department Store, purchased this parcel on the bluffs overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River in 1911. Construction of his house began soon afterwards, and it remained in the family until 1954. An eclectic, vaguely Prairie style house, the substantial brick structure contains two stories in a generally … Read more
Ridglea Baptist congregation was organized in 1943. The two-story education building on the east was constructed in 1948-50 by the contracting firm of Voss and Arnold to architectural plans by R. S. Smith. The brick church was designed by architects Wilson and Patterson and erected by contractor 3. R. Parker in 1957. In Georgian Revival … Read more
George W. Scaling, head cattlebuyer for Armour & Co., purchased seven adjoining lots here in 1908, and with his wife Ada, owned and occupied this house until 1936. A similar home, built a few years later far Scaling’s sister, once stood on the corner lot. The one and one-half story house, of rectangular plan, has … Read more
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
The river bank land on which Trinity Park now lies was used in the late nineteenth century by the public as unofficial picnic grounds by permission of the owner, Major K. M. VanZandt. The city purchased a total of 217 acres here in eight parcels between 1892 and 1928 to form Fort Worth’s first public … Read more
This large Tudor Revival house on a prominent lot facing River Crest Country Club was constructed about 1919 for George W. Polk, an attorney at law and vice-president of Texas Anchor Fence Co. The two and one-half story house, attributed to architect Wiley G. Clarkson, is in composition a cross-gabled T-plan. The first floor is … Read more
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co. purchased this triangular lot flanked by Camp Bowie Boulevard and W. 7th Street in 1928. Construction of their commercial building occurred soon after. First tenants in 1929 of the site were Renfro Drug Co. Store No. 13 and Alexander-Bales Stores of Texas No. 1. Used by a number of … Read more
Major Khleber Miller Van Zandt, a Captain in Company D, Texas Seventh Regiment in the Confederate army, settled in Fort Worth following the Civil War. A member of the Texas Legislature, a banker, merchant and cattleman, he acquired 600 acres on the West Side of Fort Worth between 1871 and 1873. Still owned by the … Read more
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
The Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad purchased the right-of-way crossing Trinity Park and Trinity River in April, 1931. Railroad tracks in the vicinity served the Chevrolet Assembly Plant (2617 West 7th Street), Montgomery Ward (2600 West 7th Street), the E. G. Rall Grain Co. (1011 Wollery Street) and other industries in the Bailey industrial … Read more
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