A Fort Worth Midcentury Modern for Under $500K? Run for These Hills
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Simplicity, sleek lines, big windows, geometric forms, open floor plans, minimal walls. Add ‘em up and you got yourself a Midcentury Modern house.
That and more like the low-pitched room, the wood elements, and connecting the interior to the exterior, make 3912 Eldridge St. in Fort Worth a textbook example of Midcentury Modern’s appeal. Homebuyers wanting this style will know this is the real deal.
“When I saw it, I thought it was cutest most unique house,” said listing Realtor Kristin Barnett with League Real Estate. “I love it.”
It starts on the street where the house touches the hallmarks of an MCM home. This home has a stylish, eye-catching look. The dark-painted brick is accented by cedar shakes, which highlight the house’s unique angles and asymmetrical roofline — classic Midcentury Modern design.
When you walk in the front door you can see all the way through” Barnett said. “It’s one long view, like a treehouse.”
What isn’t apparent from the street is that this house, built in 1956, contains three bedrooms and two bathrooms within 1,548 square feet. As is the norm for the architecture style, the oversized windows visually connect the indoors and the outdoors. Just a few steps above the main living room are a utility room, garage, and extra space that easily could be a home office.
“They just don’t build houses like this anymore,” the Realtor said. This one, as a matter of fact, was built into the side of a hill.
Previous owners took the 1956 house into a 1980s-inspired remodel, but since then, the house has been brought back to how it was meant to be…with a little more fun. The color green starts with the front door and repeats on walls, tile and cabinets. The jackalope wallpaper adds a smile to teeth-brushing, and the broad, colorful stripes in a bedroom definitely are dreamy.
“They did such a good job of incorporating color, natural-occurring colors,” Barnett said. “All the colors are a nod to nature. It’s really fun.”
The house is located in Sunset Heights, a small pocket of houses between I-20 and I-30, close to Vickery Boulevard. The neighborhood, Barnett said, is filled with a lot of Midcentury Moderns. Some still belong to the original owners, while others are the targets of gentrification.
Get in, while the getting’ in is good. The house is priced at $475,000, and Barnett is holding the house open 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
“You will never find another one like this,” she said. “It just has so much more personality than most houses I see on a daily basis. It’s so special.”
Kristin Barnett of League Real Estate has 3912 Eldridge St. in Fort Worth listed for $475,000.
