143 1011 Samuels Avenue [NR*/SAHD(NR)], Heaton-Simmons- Strohl House, c. 1898-1901. This house was probably built between 1898 and 1901 for William S. Heaton, a notary public with the real estate firm of Heaton, Bury & Co. Heaton sold the house in 1906 to Daniel Price Simmons, a mule dealer in the Fort Worth stockyards. Simmons … Read more
137 731 Samuels Avenue [NR/SAHD{NR)], Bennett-Fenelon House, c.187S; c.1900. The Bennett-Fenelon house is the oldest residence on Samuels Avenue, and one of the oldest in Fort Worth on its original site. David C. Bennett, a dry goods merchant who later became vice-president of First National Bank, and his family occupied the house from about 1875 … Read more
714 Main Street [NR*/Sky(NR)], Farmers and Mechanics National Bank/ Fort Worth National Bank/ Continental LIfe Building/ Trasnport Life Building, 1920-21; 1050-60; 1988. Completed in 1921 at a cost of $2 million, the twenty-four story Farmers and Mechanics National Bank was proclaimed the tallest building in the Southwestern United States, thereby taking the title from the … Read more
512 W. Fourth Street [NR/RTHL/CFO(NR)],Fort Worth Lodge 134 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks~W.C.A.,1928; 1990. Originally built in 1928 as the Elks Lodge, this modified Georgian Revival building was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick and constructed by Thomas S. Byrne, Inc. The large buff brick building has five stories and a full basement as well … Read more
Named for the subdivision, Hi Mount School was built by Arlington Heights Independent School District, and annexed by Fort Worth Independent School District in 1922. Architects of the small elementary school were Clarkson and Gaines; Harry B. Friedman was contractor. The school was informally renamed Thomas Place School after North and South Hi Mount Schools … Read more
Dominating the low skyline of the West Side, the Will Rogers Auditorium, Coliseum and Pioneer Tower symbolize Fort Worth’s civic pride in the midst of the Depression. Hurriedly promoted by Amon Carter, Sr. in 1935 for the upcoming 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the structures and grounds were built with federal city relief funds at a … Read more
The Texas & Pacific Railroad played a central role in Fort Worth’s development, from the establishment of the city’s first rail line in 1876 to the peak years of train service during World War II. Fort Worth’s growth in the oil-boom years of the 1920s outstripped its transportation facilities. Beginning in 1928, Texas & Pacific … Read more
One of the major monuments of civic design in Fort Worth, the City’s main post office since its opening on Washington’s Birthday in 1933. Its site, adjacent to the Texas & Pacific terminal, was chosen to facilitate mail shipment. Groundbreaking for the $1,245,000 building was on August 11, 1931, as the railroad terminal complex neared … Read more
(S.W. Corner E. Rosedale St.) [Originally recorded as 1200 Block, S. Freeway] Southside Colored School No. 134 was located on this site as early as 1894. A new three-story brick schoolhouse, designed by Sanguinet & Staats, was erected in 1917-18 (now demolished). Two-story brick buildings, housing additional classrooms, were constructed in 1927 and 1937, the … Read more
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