Mrs. Ellen R. Bledsoe purchased this lot in 1924 for $1,500 from the Beacon Hill Land Co. and hired Abey H. Smith to build this house in 1925. Norvelle and Roy R. Bledsoe occupied the house during 1925. Mr. Bledsoe was the manager of Rosenthal Furniture Co. The house is a handsome two- story red … Read more
A. C. Luther came to Fort Worth from Florida in 1930 to build homes in the exclusive residential project at Westover Hills. He formed a partnership with John E. Byrne as the construction firm of Byrne & Luther, Inc. In 1933, the partners constructed houses on prominent, adjoining hilltop sites overlooking the entrance to Westover … Read more
J. Herman and Peggie Wright purchased this lot from the Beacon Hill Land Co. in 1925 and contracted with builder R.S. Smith to erect this house the same year. Mr. Wright was the office manager for the Fort Worth Warehouse and Storage Co. and his wife was a music teacher; they lived here until 1935. … Read more
W. C. S tripling High School was named for the important local merchant who contributed funds for the landscaping of the school grounds. The architectural firm of Wiley G. Clarkson and Co. was responsible for the school’s design in eclectic Georgian Revival style. K. H. Muse was general contractor. The name was changed to Stripling … Read more
This large, two and one-half story house is an unusual combination of Period Revival style elements, with steeply pitched gables and a Colonial Revival style entry framed by engaged Tuscan columns. The house is clad in wide clapboard siding and has a shingled roof; a west wing appears to be an addition. The house, many … Read more
Major Khleber Miller Van Zandt, a Captain in Company D, Texas Seventh Regiment in the Confederate army, settled in Fort Worth following the Civil War. A member of the Texas Legislature, a banker, merchant and cattleman, he acquired 600 acres on the West Side of Fort Worth between 1871 and 1873. Still owned by the … Read more
James William Corn, born in 1850, came to Texas at age seventeen and made a fortune as a cattle and land dealer. In 1922, he was recorded as owning nearly 55,000 acres in Tarrant and other counties, and the following year was called one of the “pioneer builders” of Texas. Corn was also vice-president of … Read more
C. C. Griffin, owner of Trinity Valley Iron and Steel, Standard Battery, and Hawk and Buck Brand Clothes, constructed this large residence in 1941. Architect Robert Woltz and contractor Clarence Epperley were responsible for the Colonial Revival design. The red brick-veneer house features a two-story giant order of Corinthian columns on its main, south facade, … Read more
Morgan Bryan was a partner in the law firm of Bryan, Stone, Wade and Agerton in the 1920s. Construction of his house probably occurred soon after the purchase of one and one-half lots on Hillcrest Street in 1923. The house remained in the Bryan family until 1959. Bryan commissioned Joseph R. Pelich to design his … Read more
Henry W. Williams, founder of a wholesale drug company and a prominent banker, arrived in Fort Worth in 1884. Purchasing a parcel of 28 acres on the ridge overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River in 1907, Williams and his family were first listed at this address in 1909. John Roby Penn purchased the … Read more
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