This distinctive house, at the gateway to the older section of Westover Hills, was constructed in 1936 by A. C. Luther’s contracting firm. EdwardL. Wilson and Joseph J. Patterson were the architects of the house. City Directories show that A. C. Luther resided in the house a short time before selling the property in 1938 … Read more
Harry B. Friedman, a general contractor whose firm constructed a number of Fort Worth landmarks, moved with his wife and family from his Arlington Heights residence toWestover Hills about 1929. Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson, the eclectic Period Revival style house has an irregular, picturesque plan on the extensive, wooded parcel. Constructed of hollow tile … Read more
This rectangular-plan house, designed in the Tudor Revival style, is faced in dark red variegated brick under a hip roof clad in slate. The current owners recall that the structure was featured as the “House Beautiful” of 1936. The structure features a half-timbered, flush gable and a projecting gable flanking the one-story, crenelated portico containing … Read more
About 1935, George W. and Ada Scaling moved from their Arlington Heights residence to their new house in Westover Hills. Scaling had arrived in Fort Worth by 1904, and worked his way up from weigher and stockman for Armour & Co. to head cattle buyer. This large, French Chateau style house has a symmetrical, double-H … Read more
This Chateauesque style house was constructed about 1936; Ella Waggoner, widow of W. T. Waggoner, the Fort Worth oil baron and cattle king, purchased the property in 1937. The house was constructed by A. C. Luther to the design of Patterson & Teague. The large, two-story house has a steeply pitched hip roof clad in … Read more
One of the first houses in Westover Hills, this prominent house was built for Lloyd H. and Helen McKee. The residence is located on a bluff-top site at the end of Westover Road, initially named Lloyd Drive for its owner, who was president of the Fort Worth Extension Company, the original developer of Westover Hills. … Read more
Set on a prominent bluff-top site, this large, two-story residence in the Spanish Colonial Revival- Monterey style was the design of San Antonio architect Atlee Ayres of Ayres & Ayres. Faced in stucco under a low-pitched gable roof clad in red clay Spanish tile, the house has an irregular H-plan around a rear terrace. A … Read more
This large, one and one-half story house is set back on an expansive bluff-top site overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River and Fort Worth to the east. Of irregular rectangular plan, the house is a design by architect Joseph J. Patterson, who designed a number of Westover Hills houses for Byrne & Luther, … Read more
John M. and Florence Loffland had a palatial residence constructed about 1934 on property they had acquired in 1931. A successful oil operator and partner of Loffland Bros. Co. (later J. M. Loffland & Sons), at the time one of the largest drilling contractors in the United States, Loffland was also aWestoverHills commissioner when the … Read more
John B. Collier, Jr. purchased this Westover Hills property in 1932; his family residence was evidently erected shortly thereafter. Collier was president and manager of Fort Worth Poultry & Egg Co., founded in 1921. The firm, at the time among the largest institutions of its kind in the Southwest, processed eggs and buttermilk in dry … Read more