511 E. Fifth Street [EWHD(NR)], Ellison Furniture and Carpet Co. Mattress Factory/Tindall Record Storage Warehouses, 1913. This mattress factory and warehouse was constructed by Ellison Furniture and Carpet Co. in 1913 to replace a facility that had been destroyed by fire. The furniture company has a long history in Fort Worth. It was founded in 1888 by ‘LB. Ellison and Walter Maddox. Later, Ellison bought out Maddox’s interest in the firm, establishing the concern known as Ellison Furniture and Carpet Co. This facility appears to have been designed by the Fort Worth architectural firm of Sanguinet and Staats. Although the plans are no longer extant, the “‘TB. Ellison Warehouse #4” of 1913 appears on a listing of the architects’ projects. Ellison’s used this building through the late 1970s. The four story reinforced concrete warehouse has brick walls and a single double hung window in each bay. The brick walls have been painted. With the nearby complex of three other Ellison’s warehouses (CBD 131), the mattress factory building is a contributor to the proposed Ellison’s Warehouse National Register Historic District.
