Hicks House – Harrison

A sophisticated Prairie Style house with a high central block and low symmetrical dependencies that project forward like small pavilions. Windows are grouped into over-scaled, abstract grids. The brick walls have been painted and the columns of the porte-cochere replaced. The first recorded owner was Harry Hicks, president of the King Midas Oil and Gas … Read more

Row of Eight Houses – Hattie

These eight nearly identical wood-framed houses each have a shotgun plan and gabled roof. Each has a concrete stoop porch covered by a metal awning with wrought-iron posts. Although city directories list some of these addresses as early as 1907, the row was probably newly constructed in 1937; the tax assessor’s abstract mentions eight improvements … Read more

Duplex – Hattie

Chess Runyon had this duplex and the house to the west constructed c. 1941 as rental properties. Although the front-gabled dwelling with twin gabled porches is quite modest, the warm tones of the sandstone veneer contribute to its appeal. The choice of the sandstone may have been related to the material shortages associated with World … Read more

McCauley House – Hawthorne

The McCauley House is two stories with a clipped gabled roof and a forward projecting entry wing whose gabled roof extends eccentrically almost to ground level. The red brick walls are pimpled with rocks and large clinkers. Built in 1931 by contractor J. D. Pope as a speculative property for B. K. Webb, the house … Read more

LaCava Clothes Cleaners – Hemphill

This two-story brick commercial building is prominently sited at the important intersection of Hemphill and Magnolia. Built in 1927, it first housed the W. B. LaCava Clothes Cleaning business. In 1939, Frank Hamra opened Modern Drugs on the premises, which remains an institution in the area. The building is a contributing resource in the Fairmount-Southside … Read more

Laneri School – Hemphill

John B. Laneri, a native of Italy, was a prominent Fort Worth businessman (see 902 S. Jennings). He built this school for boys in 1921 in memory of his first wife. Originally for grades 5-9, it served as Fort Worth’s first Catholic high school from 1928 to 1962, with classes taught by Benedictine priests until … Read more

Vera House – Hemphill

A one-story brick bungalow, rectangular in plan, with full porch recessed beneath the slope of the gable. It was built c. 1917 and first occupied by Adam and Susan Vera. Adam Vera was an insurance agent who had his own company in the 1920s. The Veras owned the house until 1943. The Vera House is … Read more

Mary Elizabeth Court Apartments – Hemphill

This apartment complex consists of two mirror-image yellow brick buildings flanking a central courtyard, each two stories in height with hipped roofs. A mission parapeted wall joins the buildings and screens the courtyard. This is one of several apartment complexes in south Fort Worth with a courtyard plan owned by the Management Co. of Texas … Read more

Carnes Court Apartments – Hemphill

The Carnes Court Apartments consists of two mirror-image buildings flanking a central lawned court. Each building has an elongated L-plan, with polychrome brick walls and interlocking hipped roofs. Garage stalls are at the rear. The complex was designed by Van Slyke & Woodruff and built c. 1918. Alva R. Carnes, a traveling salesman who occupied … Read more

Fort Worth Public Market Building – Henderson

Oklahoma City developer John J. Harden had this hall built in 1930 to provide market space for local farmers, vendors and retail businesses. Designed by B. Gaylord Noftsger, also of Oklahoma City, it is an eclectic design which playfully incorporates traditional and modern elements. In composition, a masonry block, nearly square in plan, with towers … Read more

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