Morris B. Berney purchased all of block thirty- seven from River Crest Co. in 1911. Berney was involved in the oil industry and was vice-president and secretary of the Alta Vista Creamery Co. He later developed portions of the Ridglea area (6319 Rosemont Avenue). The Berney house was constructed in 1916, and remained in the … Read more
The Rogers House is a two-story ochre brick residence with staggered plan, red-tiled hipped roof, full front porch and side porte-cochere. It was built c. 1920 for E. M. Rogers, president of the E. M. Co., Inc., a grain company headquartered in the Neil P. Anderson Building in downtown Fort Worth. The Rogers House is … Read more
Built during the booming 1920s when the demand for apartments was high, this two-story red brick example has a low-pitched hipped roof with a centered hipped attic dormer vent. The building was constructed in a mix of Colonial Revival and Bungalow styles. The Colonial Revival style is revealed through the symmetrically composed façade; the Bungalow … Read more
153 612 Throckmorton Street [NR], First Christian Church, 1914-15. First Christian Church, the oldest church in Fort Worth, was founded in 1855 and held services in the log home of Dr. and Mrs. Carroll Peak. As it grew, the church moved through a succession of buildings until, under the direction of Rev. L.D. Anderson, who … Read more
Dr. Walter Riley Lenox purchased this lot on Central Avenue in 1945. Designed the same year by Charles T. Freelove, architect, and Fred E. Hess, engineer, of Consolidated Architects and Engineers of Fort Worth, the Lenox Clinic was built the following year. Of reinforced concrete covered with smooth white stucco, the structure features large glass-block … Read more
Acquisition of this North Side site for use as a fire station occurred in 1909. Sanguinet and Staats were responsible for the plans and specifications. This architectural firm worked with Innis-Graham Construction Co. on several fire stations during 1909 and 1910 and the station is virtually identical to two others from the same period in … Read more
River Crest Addition and River Crest Country Club were developed by the River Crest Company, led by David T. Bomar, John W. Broad, and a number of other community leaders. Platted in June 1911, construction on the first buildings in River Crest began later that same year. David T. Bomar and his brother William, the … Read more
Organized in 1905, College Avenue Baptist Church initially met in a tent on a lot at College Avenue and Leuda Street. A sanctuary was erected in 1906. The church moved to the site at 1333 College Avenue in 1916 and erected a new sanctuary, now demolished. The existing three-story brick education building, designed by architect … Read more
This one and one-half-story house is constructed of rusticated concrete block on the ground level. The gabled second story is wood-framed with stuccoed end-walls and a large gambreled side dormer. Detailing includes cast stone window surrounds and a pair of unusual hooded oval windows. The first recorded owner was Thomas W. Slack, a bank cashier … Read more
Isaac Foster, a farmer who had significant land holdings, is first listed at this address in the 1883-84 city directory. He and hist wife, Mary, occupied the house until his death about 1900. Following her husband’s death, Mary Foster lived with her daughter and son-in-law Lulu and William B. Garvey. In 1911 this property was … Read more
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