The Connell House is a very large two-story structure faced in red brick with cast stone trim and green-tiled roof. It has a symmetrical composition of hipped central block flanked by recessed hipped wings. An expansive balustraded terrace extends across the front, with central roof-terraced portico. Transomed floor-length windows open onto the terrace; those flanking … Read more
The Coffey-Gholson House is a large wood-framed structure sheathed in painted brick with red-tiled hipped roofs. In composition, it is a rectangular block with wings projecting to the south and east which are joined by a hipped porch. Delicately mullioned casement windows are grouped in horizontal bands. A massive battered chimney adjoins the entry at … Read more
Formed in 1899 from the congregations of Marine and Little Fossil Methodist Churches, Boulevard Methodist Episcopal Church South was first known as North Fort Worth Methodist; the name change occurred in 1907. The present two-story church was constructed in 1927, and is faced in polychrome brick with cast-stone trim. Adjoining the Gothic Revival church are … Read more
Stock pens, of wood with concrete posts, originally covered over 100 acres of land around the Live Stock Exchange building. Probably built as early as 1902 when the Armour and Swift companies located their packing plants on the North Side, these pens were completely rebuilt after a 1911 fire. The pen area north of E. … Read more
Dr. Demetrius Rumph, a physician and surgeon, acquired this Belmont Terrace parcel in 1918. His residence was constructed the following year on the bluff-top site, commanding a view toward the west. The one and one-half story bungalow, faced in variegated yellow brick, features a number of intersecting jerkinhead gables. The gable ends are embellished with … Read more
Thomas Vinnedge Co., a coffee roasting and spice distributor, located their operations in this structure in 1920, before their factory was built at 2100 N. Main Street (2100 N Main Street). Since the l930s the first floor has housed a trucking company, a rubber welding firm and several garages. From 1949 to 1974, the upper … Read more
Mrs. Mary D. Erskine and Miss Mazie D. Erskine, a schoolteacher, purchased this lot in 1909, and contracted with William Cameron and Co. to provide lumber and building materials the same year. Apparently used for a time as rental property, Mazie Erskine Belew resided in the house with her husband David 0. Belew, an attorney, … Read more
A warranty deed indicates that Thurber Construction Co. was responsible for erecting the parapeted brick store. The building is largely intact, though its brick surface has been painted and shop windows have been replaced with plate glass.
Reflecting the Craftsman Style popular in the early 20th century, this home’s decorative gable-end, eave brackets, exposed rafter tails, slightly exterior brick chimney, gable-end vent and sturdy brick columns supporting the side-gable front and porch reveal the signals of “honest bones” construction common to the style of this brick masonry home. The painted exterior is … Read more
The Leach House a one and one-half story wood-framed dwelling, with a side gabled roof with a full shed-roofed porch supported by Tuscan columns. Three hipped dormers communicate with a roof terrace over the porch. According to city directories, the house was built c. 1908 for Alonzo R. Leach, relative of a prominent landholder in … Read more
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