This one-story brick structure was constructed in 1930 as apost office substation. The Dallas firm of A. J. Rife Construction Co. designed the structure, and North Texas Steel Co. erected the building. The five-bay, buff brick facade is embellished with pilasters and cast-stone trim. The storefront underwent alterations in 1975. It is a contributor to … Read more
The Fort Worth Independent School District undertook a major building campaign of public schools during the Depression years, with several projects throughout the city financed by the Works Progress Administration to provide local relief work. Wiley G. Clarkson, a major Fort Worth architect known for his successful adaptions of period designs for school and other … Read more
This Georgian Revival house faced in red brick veneer was constructed in 1941 by Clarence Epperley to plans by architect Hubert Hammond Crane for D. R. and Eva Tripplehorn; their descendants still occupy the house. A prominent feature of the two-story house is the monumental semicircular portico supported by Corinthian columns
Dr. Clay Johnson was a noted Fort Worth physician and civic leader. He served on the Fort Worth Board of Education during the 1910s. The architects he chose for his house on Chase Court were Marion L. Waller and E. Stanley Field, who designed several schools in the city, including the old Fort Worth High … Read more
This two-story apartment building is sheathed with stucco over a wood frame. In composition, it has two hipped wings joined by a terraced breezeway. It was built in 1936 by contractor R. E. Steagall for Edney and Annie Duke. The complex fits sensitively into a residential neighborhood. This building was listed in the National Register … Read more
145 910 Summit Avenue [NR*], Kleber – Jennings House, c. 1906; c. late 1920s. This one and one-half story bungalow residence was first occupied by Kleber V Jennings, a banker and the eldest son of attorney and civic leader Hyde Jennings. The property is located in the Jennings West Addition which was platted by Hyde … Read more
James D. Farmer served from 1902 to 1904 as the first mayor of North Fort Worth. From rural Tarrant County, he went into the livestock commission business and organized the Fort Worth Live Stock Commission Co. Farmer also was instrumental in uniting North Fort Worth with Fort Worth. Farmer and his wife, Martha, were listed … Read more
Early ownership history of this fine Victorian house is not well documented. An unusually elaborate house for the North Side, the two-story, hip-roofed, T-plan house has gabled wings projecting at right angles to the south and west. A recessed, two-story gallery is placed between the southwest angle of the wings. Decorative shingles, turned porch posts … Read more
Wesley C. Stripling, president of Stripling’s Department Store, purchased this parcel on the bluffs overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River in 1911. Construction of his house began soon afterwards, and it remained in the family until 1954. An eclectic, vaguely Prairie style house, the substantial brick structure contains two stories in a generally … Read more
This two-story carriage house is constructed of stone on the ground floor and half-timbered above. The roof has rolled eaves to simulate thatch. It was built by Dr. Gilbert E. La Beaune, using stone from the original E. E. Chase barn. A large house built at the same time at the front of the property … Read more
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