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
Frank M. and Alta L. Fillingim resided in this house from 1937 to 1946; Mr. Fihingim was president of Fillingim Motor Co., and later was manager of Greenwood Cemetery. The Georgian Revival style house is two stories in height, faced in warm red brick set in Flemish bond with a gable roof clad in red … 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
William H. and Pauline Tyler purchased this house about 1936. Tyler was president of Tyler & Simpson, a wholesale groceries firm based at the T & P Warehouse. Constructed by Byrne & Luther, Inc., developers who built many homes in Westover Hills, the house is an eclectic, two-story Period Revival style design faced in dark … 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 prominent, two and one-half story house, faced in brick painted white, is designed in a Colonial Revival style suggestive of Mount Vernon. The design was the work of architect Victor Marr Curtis for Byrne & Luther, Inc.. A full, two-story, shed-roofed portico stretches across the front elevation, supported by six monumental boxed columns; above … 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
Lawton L. Gambill, an attorney with the law firm Allen & Gambill, moved into this Westover Hills residence with his wife Myrtle in 1935. The one and one-half story residence was constructed by contractor A. C. Luther for Byrne & Luther, Inc., developers active in Westover Hills; the architectural design is by Joseph I. Patterson, … 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
This Monterey style house was constructed about 1935; Hubert L. and Elizabeth M. Brown were the first residents in 1936. Mr. Brown was president of Brown & Wheeler, Inc., an oil firm. In 1961, Mr. and Mrs. Amon G. Carter, Jr., purchased the residence; it remains in the Carter family. James Teague, an architect in … Read more
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