The Lusher House is a small wood-framed dwelling with an unusual symmetrical composition consisting of three-sided end bays with peaked roofs projecting forward from a rectangular main wing with truncated hipped roof. The front porch has slender turned posts with delicate jig-sawn brackets and spindled frieze. A two-story flat-roofed wing was added c. 1920, marring … Read more
Meredith A. Benton, a native of Vermont, was an executive with the Lorillard Tobacco Co. and traveled extensively in North Texas and the Oklahoma Territory. He moved to Fort Worth with his wife, Ella Belle, in c.1898 and took possession of this house, built under the supervision of his father, William A. Benton, a contractor … Read more
One of a pair of well- preserved Victorian cottages (1409 Lee Avenue), this house is in composition a hip-roofed block with a front projecting bay; a flat-roofed half porch flanks the bay. Fine decorative shingles and brackets adorn the gable end, while the porch retains its original turned columns and jigsawn tracery. Hiram T. Proctor, … Read more
La Vallon B. Barry, a cashier with the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, was the first recorded resident of this wood-framed Victorian cottage in 1907. In this typical vernacular composition, the house has a staggered L-plan under a hip roof. A corner porch is supported by Tuscan columns.
Early ownership history of this fine Victorian house is not well documented. An unusually elaborate house for the North Side, the two-story, hip-roofed, T-plan house has gabled wings projecting at right angles to the south and west. A recessed, two-story gallery is placed between the southwest angle of the wings. Decorative shingles, turned porch posts … Read more
This one and one- half story Victorian vernacular wood frame house with jig- sawn porch ornament appears to date from about 1880. The unusual U-plan may contain additions made within a few years of the original construction. Although the early history of the house has not been confirmed, it is thought to have been built … Read more
This house was designed and built in 1900 by Robert McCall. McCall increased his original fifteen acre lot to twenty-five acres after the house was constructed and truck farmed the land until 1923. The McCall family occupied the house until 1964, but did not sell it until 1976. Mr. and Mrs. McCall donated the land … Read more
Please join with other generous individuals, corporations, and foundations to help Historic Fort Worth with its mission to preserve history.
Tour McFarland House for Free. Receive free membership tour tickets as other discounts.
Historic Fort Worth is a 501c (3) charity.