1000 Harding Street (at E. Ninth Street) [NR*], A.B. Crouch Wholesale Grain/Golden Rod Mills/Bewley Mills, c. 1908; 1945; c. 1980s. These two warehouses are Fort Worth’s only remnant of a plant that once housed Bewley Mills of Texas, Inc., a flour manufacturer. The five-story building to the south was erected about 1908 for A.B. Crouch Wholesale Grain which sold hay, corn chops, and feed stuff. Golden Rod Mills, which also manufactured feed, operated here from about 1917 to 1924. Two other firms, another mill and a cereal manufacturer were here between 1925 and 1927. The facility was empty between 1928 and 1945, when it was acquired by Bewley Mills, whose main plant was north of E. Ninth St. Bewley Mills built a second warehouse, the four-story structure to the north of the c. 1908 building, and the two-story building connecting the two in 1945. Bewley Mills used these structures as warehouses until it closed in 1957. The main section of Bewley Mills was demolished in 1971, but these existing structures are now used by Texloc Hose and Coupling. The top of the c. 1908 building was enclosed sometime during the 1980s. Pending documentation of their integrity, these warehouses may be eligible for the National Register.
