Historic Fort Worth
Business owners: pay attention. There’s a historic Fort Worth office building for lease that has been a good luck charm for its former tenants. The 1953 Yates-Ottmann Building, located at 1020 Summit Ave., has worked like a good luck charm for the previous businesses housed there. All have left because their thriving businesses’ expansion necessitated…
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New York City has its Chrysler Building as a well-known example of Art Deco architecture, but Fort Worth boasts its own inventory of the style. Those examples will be part of the upcoming lecture presented Thursday by Kathryn E. Holliday, Ph.D., as part of Historic Fort Worth’s Cantey Lecture series, an annual event. This year’s…
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A massive lot, three separate structures and the most perfect palette make this Ryan Place restoration one to see.
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“It’s the oldest African American church in Texas,” said Jerre Tracy, executive director at Historic Fort Worth Inc. “It would be so nice if it would continue to be discovered.” Allen Chapel is historically significant in many ways. Built in 1914, the church was designated as a recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1983, and in…
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Construction trucks have been rolling onto The Fort Worth Public Market, which is good news for the long-empty, historic treasure in urban Cowtown. The landmark at 1400 Henderson St. in downtown Fort Worth is now the site of progress. Wilks Development broke ground there on June 20, the 93rd anniversary of the building’s original opening.…
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