This one and one-half-story house is constructed of rusticated concrete block on the ground level. The gabled second story is wood-framed with stuccoed end-walls and a large gambreled side dormer. Detailing includes cast stone window surrounds and a pair of unusual hooded oval windows. The first recorded owner was Thomas W. Slack, a bank cashier … Read more
The Patton House is a two-story wood-framed house with polychrome brick veneer below and half-timbered white stucco above. It is generally rectangular in plan, with red-tiled gabled roof. A gabled bay projects south, with arcaded loggia (now enclosed) flanked by a balustraded terrace. The house was built c. 1925 for Roy and Lillian Patton. Patton … Read more
Each of these two identical wood-framed houses has a shotgun plan, hipped roof and a full porch recessed beneath the front end of the hip. The houses were built as rental units by plumber Robert C. Hansen, Jr. in 1941, at a cost of $500 each, and are virtually identical to a duplex he built … Read more
The Donnelly House is a two-story wood-framed house, generally rectangular in plan and clad in textured yellow-buff brick with a flat-topped red-tiled hipped roof. An arched recessed corner entry is framed in sandstone, as is a portion of the large chimney. Many interior features survive. Built in 1926, the house has been attributed to Dr. … Read more
George B. Monnig, co-founder with his brother, William, of Monnig’s Department Store, had a house built on this site in 1905. This house was destroyed in the great fire of April 3, 1909, which consumed 20 blocks in the Southside. The Monnigs erected the existing residence on the same site, residing here through the 1940s. … Read more
The Bevan House is a large two-story wood-framed house clad in buff and yellow brick. It is rectangular in plan with a red-tiled hipped roof. It has a nearly symmetrical composition of a central chimney flanked by paired windows. A projecting portico with arched entry is balanced by a roof-terraced arched loggia at opposite ends … Read more
Beth-El congregation, organized in 1902 with 43 founding members, was the first in Fort Worth to adhere to the tenets of Reform Judaism. By 1908 a temple had been erected downtown on Fifth and Taylor. The present site was purchased in 1919 and the existing temple completed in the fall of 1920. The builder was … Read more
Sited at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Cheltenham neighborhood, this two-story brick residence is noteworthy for its sumptuous use of materials, particularly the cast stone portico and glazed green-tiled roof. It was built c. 1923 for Marvin G. Anderson, owner of the Anderson Drug Company. His wife, Blanche, was an artist, and the … Read more
This large Gothic Revival structure, designed by Hedrick & Stanley and erected between 1949 and 1952, is the fourth church building to occupy this site. The congregation was organized on December 31, 1882, adopting the name South Side Baptist Church. In 1886 the fellowship erected a wood-framed building on this site and changed its name … Read more
The two and one-half story wood-framed James-Fujita House is rectangular in plan, sheathed in red brick, with a glazed green-tiled gambrel roof. The roof extends to cover a full porch supported by Tuscan columns. An awkwardly over-scaled shed-roofed dormer with recessed balcony is over the porch. Large chimneys are set on each end wall. Built … Read more
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