This one-story commercial building was constructed in 1927 by Harry B. Friedman, contractor, for widow Martha Zeloski. A number of small retail firms have occupied the premises hem over the years. Built in a similar style to Zeloski’s other commercial row (3901-23 Camp Bowie Boulevard), this structure features polychrome brick end gables flanking a tiled … Read more
Frank Zeloski, an owner and developer of property on the West Side, platted Zeloski Heights in 1921. Construction of this one-story commercial row property began in 1924. The shop’s first tenants in 1925 included a bakery, grocery, drugstore, cleaners and service station. The brick-veneer center storefronts feature stepped parapets 40 above altered shop windows. Martha … Read more
Shortly after Arlington Heights was annexed by Fort Worth in 1922, this site was purchased by the city for use as a booster station for the West Side water system. The one-story structure was constructed by West and Womack, general contractors. Faced in buff brick, the parapeted gable end contains three arched openings under a … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mrs. Ma Pemberton Ross purchased several adjoining lots on Byers Avenue between 1922 and 1923. She and her husband, Malcolm S. Ross, had a house constructed at the site in 1925, and resided there until 1928. The architect or builder is unknown. The one-story house, of irregular cruciform plan, is of solid limestone rubble construction. … Read more