Fort Worth Dirt
Are you the type of home admirer who gets bored looking at the same old, same old? Sure, this home might be big, and that house might be expensive, but let’s be honest — many homes look alike or carry an absurd price tag, and it’s hard to get excited about them. Well, don’t worry…
Most of you are familiar with St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fort Worth’s oldest Catholic church, dedicated in 1892. Less well known is the equally beautiful St. Mary of the Assumption on Magnolia Avenue inaugurated 17 years later in 1909. The original modest wooden structure burned in 1922 and was replaced by the grander Neo-Romanesque building in…
What image pops into your mind when you hear the phrase “Cape Cod-style home”? Are you thinking of the East Coast beaches of Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, or the Hamptons? Are you seeing images of large estates with a beautiful home with a front porch and side gables? Perhaps a large lawn with someone playing badminton…
I have to confess that the Santa Fe reference provoked the slightest unease about this house. I’m old enough to remember a national craze in the 1980s for “Santa Fe style” which morphed into a commercial package that included a color palette of sweet teal, pepto pink, and terra cotta and a surfeit of Francisco…
The Berkeley Place neighborhood is the historic area nestled among the well-known neighborhoods of Fairmount, Ryan Place, Mistletoe Heights, and University Place in Fort Worth. It is a magical area where many beautiful homes were built in the 1900s to 1930s. It is near just about everything in Fort Worth — including the TCU campus…
