The Carnes Court Apartments consists of two mirror-image buildings flanking a central lawned court. Each building has an elongated L-plan, with polychrome brick walls and interlocking hipped roofs. Garage stalls are at the rear. The complex was designed by Van Slyke & Woodruff and built c. 1918. Alva R. Carnes, a traveling salesman who occupied … Read more
This two-story Georgian Revival house is clad in red brick with white cast stone trim. It is generally rectangular plan, hipped roof with soffited eaves and modillions, symmetrical façade with central entry framed by Tuscan columns supporting a gabled pediment. Built c. 1918 for Samuel Augustus Teas, partner in the insurance and bond firm of … Read more
Constructed about 1921 west of the Coliseum, to house exhibits related to the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, this Mission Revival style building was originally used to show poultry, rabbits, and automobiles. In 1937 it was purchased by the City of Fort Worth and renovated for use as a sheep exhibit barn. A portion … Read more
In 1901, after several unsuccessful attempts to locate meatpacking firms in the area north of Fort Worth, the City of Fort Worth offered a $100,000 bonus to any meat packing concern that would set up business in the area. Two such firms, Swift & Co. and Armour & Co., both based in Chicago, answered the … Read more
This one and one-half story frame house exhibits a gable roof which slopes down to cover a full, one-story entry porch. A pair of flaring, hipped dormers embellish the large roof expanse. J. Paul Henderson, a purchasing agent for Armour & Co., and his family were the first recorded tenants of the house in 1907. … Read more
A 1924 mechanic’s lien indicates that this store was constructed for Mrs. Virginia E. Alderson, a widow. A similar shop apparently was erected for owner Paul Mihniewicz at the same time on the adjoining lot to the north, although this is no longer extant. The one-story, parapeted brick structure has corbeled and glazed brickwork in … Read more
Brick streets along E. Exchange Avenue and Packers Avenue were laid about 1912 following a 1911 fire in the stockyards area. The streets in and around the industrial compounds were most likely paved during the early phases of plant construction. After the annexation of the North Side, the Thurber Construction Co., under contract to the … Read more
Stephen Murrin, Sr. purchased this triangular lot in 1926 and operated a restaurant at this site by the following year. The popular West Side restaurant was succeeded during the 1940s by Duncan’s Cafeteria, and was later renamed Finley’s Cafeteria. The one- story structure of flatiron plan is clad in textured yellow brick; a green glazed … Read more
This two-story residence was built in 1933 by contractor Odell Moore for Dr. Dewitt Neighbors. The whitewashed brick walls and combination hipped and gabled roofs evoke medieval architecture of Norman France. Dr. Neighbors, a general practitioner, resided here until c. 1960. The Neighbors House is a contributing resource in the Mistletoe Heights Historic District.
In 1908, Bishop Dunne, Bishop of Dallas, sent Father Bernard H. Diamond to found a new parish in the southeast section of Fort Worth. The existing Mission Revival church was dedicated that year. It is a delicately scaled stucco-clad structure, gabled and buttressed, with Mission style parapets at each end. Windows are arched. A small … Read more
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