George W. Taggart, secretary-treasurer of Taggart-Linz, Inc., a men’s store, and his wife, Nada, purchased this lot in 1920. Construction of this classic vernacular house probably occurred soon after. A hipped roof with deep eaves shades the rectangular-plan house of frame construction; the full front porch is supported by Tuscan columns.
Kay Kimbell, a successful industrialist who moved to Fort Worth in 1924, amassed great wealth from wheat and grain milling, wholesale and retail food production, petroleum, insurance and real estate. An avid art collector since the l930s, Mt Kimbell and his wife, Velma Fuller Kimbell, established the Kimbell Art Foundation. Before his death in 1964, … Read more
Oriented toward River Crest Country Club, this house was constructed in 1925 by H. G. Engell, contractor, for Edward B. Ruhlin, a contractor and bricklayer. The hollow tile house with stuccoed exterior is of a generally rectangular plan with receding bays to the east. Two stories in height, the house features an arched porte-cochere on … Read more
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
Following the recommendations of the 1907 Kessler plan for public park development, the City of Fort Worth purchased in 1912-13 the swampy area south of Trinity Park now covered by the Botanic Garden. Improvements were delayed until well after the issuance of a $300,000 bond in 1925 to develop a plan for parks; Hare and … Read more
Robert F. Peden, a lawyer for Peden, Stuart and Pressley, is the first identified owner and resident of this one and one-half story house in 1918. Juxtaposed gables and a central pergola make this an unusual bungalow composition.
Amon G. Carter, Sr., a major owner and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and promoter of Fort Worth, began collecting the art of western America in 1935. Following his death in 1955, Carter’s will directed the Amon Carter Foundation to construct a museum to house his collection of painting and sculpture by western artists … Read more
James Thomas Taylor, a native of England, was president of the James T. Taylor Co., a sash and door manufacturer, a founder of the Portland Cement Factory in Dallas, and a contractor of public roads. Between 1915 and 1917 Taylor purchased four adjoining lots from the River Crest Land Co. Construction of the house began … Read more
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
The D.A.R. Monument consists of a road building tool used by Fort Worth pioneer Louis Wetmore. Wetmore was a veteran of the Mexican War and served under Major Ripley Arnold. Also a Confederate soldier, Wetmore was killed in the Civil War. A disc-shaped chunk of aggregate rock with a hole near the center, the tool … Read more
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