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 one and one-half story brick house is a picturesque composition with a high, hipped section flanked by a large, front-facing half-timbered gable containing an arched portico of stone. Stone quoins, intersecting gable and hip roofs clad in shingle tile, and an ornate chimney enhance the design. Architect Joseph J. Patterson was responsible for the … 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
This Period Revival style house was the design of Victor Marr Curtis, an architect who accompanied A. C. Luther to Fort Worth from Florida and whose plans were used for early houses in Westover Hills for the firm of Byrne & Luther, Inc. Generally rectangular in plan, the one and one-half story brick house has … 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
Harry C. and Emily P. Trentman first resided in this large house in 1932. Mr. Trentman was part owner of The Trentman Co., realtors specializing in sales and building, and later owned Trentman Oil Co. Wiley G. Clarkson, Treniman’s brother-in- law, was the architect of the Chateauesque house. Composed as an H-plan with a garage … Read more
A. C. Luther, president of Byrne & Luther, Inc., developers responsible for building many of the homes in Westover Hills, had a “Spanish Hacienda” constructed in the new development about 1936. The one-story, U-plan house is set back behind a walled, brick-paved courtyard. Wood sash casement windows and a heavy timber, shaped rafter ends complement … Read more
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
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