In 1939, the City of Fort Worth acquired four lots in the Fairmount Addition fronting 8th Avenue. In 1940, it received approval from the Work Projects Administration to begin work on a new South Side water booster plant. Salvaged material from the old booster station at 5th Avenue and Berry Street, including the booster pumps, was used for the construction of this station. The cost of the project was $6,383, which included the demolition of the old station, salvaging materials and construction of the new plant as well as grading, sidewalks and landscaping. The facility may be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the growth of the adjacent Southside neighborhoods that it serves and as a work of the WPA. Similarly, if the boundaries of the Fairmount-Southside Historic District were amended and the period of significance increased, the structure could be considered a contributing resource to the district.
