Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co. purchased this triangular lot flanked by Camp Bowie Boulevard and W. 7th Street in 1928. Construction of their commercial building occurred soon after. First tenants in 1929 of the site were Renfro Drug Co. Store No. 13 and Alexander-Bales Stores of Texas No. 1. Used by a number of … Read more
Arlie Clayton Luther, who had constructed a number of houses in Westover Hills during the 1930s (5631 Byers Avenue/5630 Collinwood Avenue), in 1940 turned to the Ridglea area of the West Side. Luther, vice-president of the building firm of Byrne & Luther, Inc., began his extended project to develop a commercial shopping center along both … Read more
Peter Jenkins, a successful clothing manufacturer and vice- president of Stripling-Jenkins Co., purchased four adjoining lots in the new Arlington Heights subdivision in 1912. Jenkins had moved to the west side location by 1918.The property remained in the family until 1947. The Jenkins house was constructed as a Mediterranean style, two-story house with stucco cladding. … Read more
This Spanish Mediterranean style stucco house has a V-plan, well suited to its prominent corner site. The two-story house sports a roof of red Mission tile and a one-story entry portico with finely detailed stucco work. Bernice S. and Marion So Relle were the first owners and resident in 1930. Pending further research, the house … Read more
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