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
Stanley A. and Clara L. Thompson purchased this site in 1931; he was secretary of Westbrook Oil Co. Their River Crest House was designed by Joseph Pelich; construction work was carried out by J.H. Bradshaw. The large Tudor Revival house is in composition a two-story, hip-roofed main section flanked by angled wings. Offset gabled bays … Read more
WBAP Fort Worth’s first licensed radio station, was founded by Harold Hough and Amon G. Carter, Sr. in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram building, which also housed the newspaper owned by Mr. Carter. The station began service in 1922 with 10 watts of power, which increased to 50,000 watts by 1932. The station moved to the … Read more
This one and one-half-story Arts and Crafts style house has a cross-gabled roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails. Twin gabled dormers dominate the façade, which also features a shed roofed porch supported by four sets of paired square wood columns. Under the porch is an unusual grouping of double diamond casement windows. The … Read more
The Ponton House is a picturesquely massed Mediterranean style house with white stuccoed walls and flat roofs trimmed in red tile. The chimney is treated as an arcaded belvedere. Designed by Joseph R. Pelich, the house was built c. 1920. The first owner-occupant was Dr. A. R. Ponton, a well-known Fort Worth physician, who established … 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
Circle Park Elementary School No. 13 was built in 1908. Initially named the North Side High School, it was the second school built by North Fort Worth to accommodate the increase in population brought by the Swift and Armour industrial plants. The school was renamed in 1914. The west facade is all that remains of … Read more
This one-story commercial garage has a central garage entry flanked by fixed-pane windows on either side. The structure is faced in gleaming white, glazed brick. Tax records indicate that the structure was most likely built around 1945 on the former site of a garage. William H. Baker and Olin S. Hughes operated the Motor Supply … Read more
C. J. and Edythe Davidson purchased this large River Crest property on the bluffs overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River in 1935. “Red” Davidson was president of Davidson Drilling Co. and Cascade Petroleum Co.. Plans dated September 8, 1936 were drawn by Joseph R. Pelich; the residence was constructed by contractor Herschel D. … Read more
The Fort Worth Independent School District annexed the Sagamore Hill Independent School District in 1925. The original Sagamore Hill School had nine classrooms, which proved to be inadequate to accommodate area school children by the 1930s. The Fort Worth Independent School District built a new school in 1940 as part of a major school expansion … Read more
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