According to a 1928 Mechanic’s Lien, J.J. and Maude Sweet hired D.M. Council, contractor, to build this house for $10,000. Mr. Sweet platted this area in 1924, and his house was the first constructed in the new addition. Sweet, and his partner Elzie T. Jenkins, were barbers who also ran Sweet and Jenkins, a real … Read more
Dr. Alden Coffey, who ran the Coffey Clinic, purchased three lots in 1928. Constructed in 1929 by contractor A. J. Howard, this large house was designed by architect Ben B. Milam. The Tudor Revival structure is faced in polychrome clinker brick, with half-timbering, sandstone and cast-stone trim detailing. Cross gables, gabled dormer windows and a … 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
J. Marvin Leonard, president of Leonard Brothers Department Store, purchased several lots facing River Crest Country Club in 1935. The large house, constructed in 1936, is faced in warm orange brick with a hipped roof of polychrome slate. Important features of the Tudor Revival structure are the arched entry flanked by a two-story cross- gabled … Read more
This large Tudor Revival house on a prominent lot facing River Crest Country Club was constructed about 1919 for George W. Polk, an attorney at law and vice-president of Texas Anchor Fence Co. The two and one-half story house, attributed to architect Wiley G. Clarkson, is in composition a cross-gabled T-plan. The first floor is … Read more
Arlington Heights Methodist Church was formally organized in 1923. Continuing growth of the congregation led to the 1928-29 construction of the Religious Education Building which housed church services until 1951. Of buff brick with cast-stone trim, the Tudor Revival structure stands two stories over a high basement. Steeply pitched cross gables and gabled wall dormers … Read more
Oriented toward River Crest Country Club, this house was constructed in 1925 by H. G. Engell, contractor, for Edward B. Ruhlin, a contractor and bricklayer. The hollow tile house with stuccoed exterior is of a generally rectangular plan with receding bays to the east. Two stories in height, the house features an arched porte-cochere on … Read more
Organized from a mission begun in 1946, All Saints’ Episcopal Church acquired this triangular lot in 1947. Construction of the present church took place in two phases. In June, 1949, construction began on the parish hall, a long gabled structure of dressed Lueders limestone with a half timbered gabled portico in the Tudor Revival style. … Read more
Etna Nadine Diehl purchased this lot in the new Ridglea addition in 1932; construction of the house probably occurred quickly, as she was listed as residing here with her husband, Arthur A. Diehl, the same year. The one-story house features steeply pitched cross gables clad in slate; polychrome sandstone veneer and half-timbered stucco cladding give … Read more
In 1938, Louis H. Freedman, a geologist and engineer, purchased a Riverview Estates lot overlooking the West Fork of the Trinity River. Contractor Tom Hill built the Period Revival residence for the Freedmans, which was completed in 1940. The house has been attributed to architect Charles O. Chromaster. Clinker brick set in wavy surface patterns … Read more
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