Near Southside
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…
I hadn’t intended to write about this listing at 1501 Elizabeth Blvd., which is one block from my own house, having frequently covered Ryan Place over the years and Elizabeth Blvd. in particular. In fact, one of the larger jazz-age spreads on Elizabeth Blvd. was my first submission eight years ago to CandysDirt.com. I attended…
A recent listing of a mere two weeks (notice the seasonal pumpkins on the front porch) 2236 Huntington Lane in Berkley Place ticks a lot of buyer boxes. Built in 1925 in one of the loveliest of Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhoods, the four-bedroom, two-and-one-half-bath house offers all of the charm of a classic 97-year-old…
It’s always a pleasure to visit Park Hill, one of our favorite Near Southside neighborhoods, and listings here come up infrequently. And this stately Park Hill villa is abundant in the myriad details one expects in these fine 1920s vintage houses. This one at 2217 Winton Terrace West was built in 1927 and has been…
I realized when I came across this fetching Near Southside condo that I don’t often write about condominiums. That is simply because they are often too cookie-cutter or just plain cold. However, this property at 1200 South Adams wins one over at street level with its near-to-town location on a leafy street. The corner configuration…
