The Hovey House is a one-story dwelling with a partial second story and rectangular plan. It is constructed of brick on the ground level with half-timbered stucco on a wood frame above. A long gabled slope extends forward over a recessed porch, flanked by a cross-gabled two-story section. The house was built c. 1912 for Smith B. Hovey, vice president and general superintendent of the Chicago Rock Island & Gulf Railway from 1892 to 1906. He was known as “the man who built the Rock Island into Fort Worth.” He also bred cattle. The house is still owned by descendants, and appears to be eligible for the National Register as a fine work of residential architecture with significant historical associations. The Hovey House was designated Demolition Delay in 1995.
