River Crest Addition and River Crest Country Club were developed by the River Crest Company, led by David T. Bomar, John W. Broad, and a number of other community leaders. Platted in June 1911, construction on the first buildings in River Crest began later that same year. David T. Bomar and his brother William, the secretary for Bewley Mills, purchased this large lot on a wooded knoll just west of the River Crest Country Club in July 1911 and by 1912 the brothers were residing there with David Bomar’s wife Anna. The house is believed to be the work of Sanguinet and Staats, who also designed the first River Crest Clubhouse. Amon G. Carter, Sr. acquired the property from David Bomar’s widow in 1919, shortly before the birth of his son, Amon G. Carter, Jr.; it remains in the Carter family.
Similar to the spreading California bungalows designed by Greene and Greene, the complex plan features a number of intersecting, low-pitched gables of one and two stories. Portions of the upper story are clad in wood shingles, while the first floor is covered in wide wood siding. A 1915 photograph of the house shows a gabled portico on the north elevation, and a porte-cochere to the west, both supported by piers of irregular rubble construction. The piers were similar in style to the walls and shelters that still exist around River Crest Country Club (W- 187). The house piers were replaced in the late 1930s by Tuscan columns. Several rooms were added over the years; architect Joseph R. Pelich and contractor Thomas S. Byrne were responsible for a number of repairs and additions made in 1947. Originally the house featured dark shingles and siding, but they were painted white sometime before 1939. In addition, the roof, which was originally clad in wood shingles, is now covered with green asbestos sheathing. A number of the first story windows have been replaced. Although the structure has undergone alterations, it may be eligible for the National Register for its association with a prominent Fort Worth figure.