Morgan Bryan was a partner in the law firm of Bryan, Stone, Wade and Agerton in the 1920s. Construction of his house probably occurred soon after the purchase of one and one-half lots on Hillcrest Street in 1923. The house remained in the Bryan family until 1959. Bryan commissioned Joseph R. Pelich to design his house. Pelich was a prominent Fort Worth architect known for his renditions of the Colonial Revival style; he was responsible for a number of residences in the River Crest Addition. The Bryan House, clad in red-brown face brick, is composed as a two-story gabled mass flanked by irregularly massed end wings. The symmetrical main elevation features a sidelit entry within a rounded portico supported by Tuscan columns. A Palladian window embellishes the second floor above the portico. Despite the irregular massing of the wings. Pelich’s design successfully projects the image of a Georgian period house.
