Octavia Hendricks Bennett, daughter of pioneer attorney Harrison G. Hendricks, purchased this Tulsa Way property in 1929 and resided here the following year. She was the widow of George E. Bennett, who was a principal in the founding of Acme Pressed Brick Co. among his other business ventures. The house remained in the Bennett family … Read more
Charles T. Freelove designed this modern interpretation of the Colonial Revival style for Noble Acuff for his magazine circulation company. The two-story red brick building features a symmetrical façade that is divided into five bays with a centered entrance surmounted by a broken pediment. Pilasters between the bays are painted white. Soldier course with cast … Read more
Philip M. and Ruth Bratten purchased this property in 1930; Mr. Bratten was president and treasurer of P. M. Brat- ten Co., distributors of Frigidaire refrigerators, and later district manager for the Frigidaire Corporation. Mrs. Lucille Matthews Brittingham, a member of the prominent Matthews family know for their substantial cattle ranches in West Texas, purchased … Read more
This two-story red brick house was constructed about 1924, apparently built on a speculative basis. Zeno C. Ross, an attorney with Ross, Ross and Alexander, was the flrst occupant. He leased the home while a new family residence was constructed in the River Crest area. An investor, Samuel A. Hoskins, purchased the house in 1932 … Read more
141 915 Samuels Avenue [NR/SAHD{NR)], Talbott-Wall House, 1903. Several other houses existed on this site before Dr. Richard D. Talbott had this partially shingled Colonial Revival residence built in 1903. Talbott, a physician, had first purchased the property in 1898. The Talbotts lived here for many years; Elizabeth Talbott lived in the home after her … Read more
This large Colonial Revival house has a full two-story, pedimented portico with Tuscan columns on stone bases. The house has an elegant Federal style entrance door with side lights and a fanlight transom. The symmetrical facade has four double-hung windows flanking the central portico. The house is covered with white stucco. James A. Feagin and … Read more
Crestwood Place Apartments opened June 30, 1940. The complex featured nine apartment blocks grouped in a U -pattern around a landscaped courtyard off White Settlement Road. Architects Joseph J. Patterson and J. E. Teague designed the project; Loffland and Luther Construction Co. were the contractors. According to J. T. Luther, the project was one of … Read more
This Georgian Revival house faced in red brick veneer was constructed in 1941 by Clarence Epperley to plans by architect Hubert Hammond Crane for D. R. and Eva Tripplehorn; their descendants still occupy the house. A prominent feature of the two-story house is the monumental semicircular portico supported by Corinthian columns
Ralph H. and Annie G. Fash purchased this property in 1920, and built this house in 1925. Mr. Fash founded Fort Worth Laboratories. This house is one of the largest and most accomplished examples of Tudor Revival in East Fort Worth. It was designed by William C. Meador, an architect who made frequent use of … Read more
Funding for the construction of South Hi Mount School was provided by a 1933 bond issue. Hubert Hammond Crane was architect for the elementary school; Quisle and Andrews were named general contractors. The Works Progress Administration project, which included landscaping, was completed in 1936. The tile structure with a red brick veneer features a four-bay, … Read more
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