Fort Worth Historic Building

The House That Almost Didn’t Happen: The Private Elizabeth Blvd. Retreat of a Passionate Preservationist

By Eric Prokesh / February 2, 2024 /
Fabled Preservationist

On my daily dog walks that take me down Elizabeth Blvd., I have often remarked on what an enchanted place this special spot on this historic street is. Under a canopy of shady trees, during the energy-sapping dog days of North Texas summers, I swear it’s 10 degrees cooler here and that the grass truly…

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Fort Worth Landmark St. Mary of the Assumption Hosts Fall Fair to Fund Restoration Project

By Eric Prokesh / September 29, 2023 /

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…

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Fort Worth Developers Preserve Historic Character With Adaptive Reuse

By Brandi Addison / January 21, 2020 /

Restoring old into new has become a popular trend among many — and Fort Worth is embracing this trend with style. Termed “adaptive reuse,” developers are taking former industrial and commercial buildings from bygone eras and breathing new life into them as apartments.

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Lone Downtown Loft in Houston Place Offers a True Bargain

By Eric Prokesh / November 17, 2017 /

CandysDirt.com makes it a mission to find the unusual or one-of-a-kind living spaces, and downtown Fort Worth loft-style living is rather thin on the ground (or should I say in the skyline?). There are a handful of vintage building conversions. There are the Kress lofts on Main. We have already written about The Neil P. on…

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Ninth Floor Urban Living in the Neil P

By Eric Prokesh / September 8, 2017 /

In 1921,  leading Fort Worth architectural firm Sanguinet and Staats – designers of many iconic buildings which still stand, including the Texas Hotel and Our Lady of Victory Academy (as well dozens of houses in Arlington Heights) – constructed the Neil P. Anderson Cotton Exchange. Dallas’ famous Cotton Exchange was demolished in 1991. This being Fort…

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