First listed in the 1911 directory, this structure housed a feed warehouse, dry goods store, and a Wells Fargo Express Co. branch. Other tenants through the years included shoemakers, doctors, a disinfectant company, a saloon and a rooming house. Stockyards Lodge No. 1244 was chartered December 8, 1927; their first Masonic hail was located in … Read more
Dr. Alden Coffey, who ran the Coffey Clinic, purchased three lots in 1928. Constructed in 1929 by contractor A. J. Howard, this large house was designed by architect Ben B. Milam. The Tudor Revival structure is faced in polychrome clinker brick, with half-timbering, sandstone and cast-stone trim detailing. Cross gables, gabled dormer windows and a … Read more
This wood-frame house was constructed by builder O. L. Estes for Robert M. Grammer, a druggist employed by the W. C. Stripling Co. for many years. The simple vernacular form of a hip-roofed block features a central gable porch. The house has survived relatively unaltered, and remains in the Grammer family.
This large two-story wood-framed house is generally rectangular in plan, with a veneer of ochre brick and gabled roof. Situated on a corner lot, a gabled porte-cochere projects from the principal side façade, surmounted by a trellised balcony, now enclosed. A gabled portico projects from the front. The house was built c. 1911 for Elizabeth … Read more
This two-story wood-framed house has a veneer of ochre brick. It has an L plan with interlocking hipped roofs clad in red tile. Eaves are soffited and adorned with brackets. A walled terrace wraps around the front and east side, with full front porch and side trellis. A large gabled dormer with small-paned peaked window … Read more
This small gabled wood-framed house is symmetrically planned with gabled side bays and full hipped porch supported by boxed paneled posts. The gable ends are recessed and clad with ornamental shingles. The house was built c. 1912 and first resided in by R. Otis McCormack. then secretary of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, and … Read more
This three-story commercial building and hotel, located at the major intersection of E. Exchange Avenue and N. Main Street, was financed by an early investor and real estate developer of North Fort Worth, Colonel Thomas M. Thannisch. Moving to the area in 1894, he was a city alderman, vice-president of the Exchange National Bank and … Read more
This commercial building is constructed of hollow tile with a yellow brick front. Designed in the Moderne style, the structure features a curving glass block entry and an elliptical fenestration band of glass block. H. F. Gray purchased the site in 1944; J. L. Rizer, contractor, erected this building in 1945-46 for the operation of … Read more
E. Morgan Townsen and his wife, Hazel, purchased this bluff-top site 117 on Grand Avenue in 1922 and resided here by 1926. Townsen was a department manager for Armour & Co. and later worked in insurance and real estate. The one-story bungalow, clad in red brick veneer, features an offset, gabled portico and an adjoining … Read more
Faced in brown brick, this two-story structure features a corbeled frieze course, ornate window surrounds, and a pressed metal cornice below a cast-stone cartouche on its second-story facade. The street level retains its diamond-paned transom windows, although the storefronts have been altered. Original ownership and history of this structure has not been documented clearly. According … Read more
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