These eight houses, two from each side of town, are at least one hundred years old.
North
1901, Circle Park Boulevard.
1910, Grand Avenue.
South
1909, Winfield Scott lived in this house on 8th Avenue while his Thistle Hill mansion (Sanguinet and Staats, 1904) was being renovated.
1898, Benton house on 6th Avenue in Fairmount.
East
1910, Wofford house, with its single, oversized dormer, on Conner Avenue.
1906, Weiler house on Handley Drive, with octagon, diamond, and square shingles on its gable. The Weilers operated a post office next door.
West
1893, Fairview on Bryce Avenue, home of general contractor and Mayor William Bryce, designed by Messer, Sanguinet, and Messer.
Ad is from the 1885 city directory. Bryce was mayor 1927-1933 .
1894, home of uberarchitect Marshall Sanguinet on Collinwood Avenue.
Pat, I believe you graduated from Jacksboro High School. I am trying to assemble addresses for a possible reunion for you class, my class, and the one following my class. It will be held in 2017 and William Gleason said he would arrange for the food and a place to hold it.
I need a mailing address or better, an e-mail address for you.
Thanks.
I wrote you about donating TX history books. That said, I know the work involved and stand amazed at the detail and wonderful stories you continue to present.
Thank you, again!
Pat
Thank you, Pat. It has been a lot of time and effort, but I have certainly learned a lot.
What lovely houses! Several I wasn’t familiar with. Thanks for collecting them!
Thanks, Kris. More to come. When I first began exploring Fort Worth I was amazed by how many century-old houses survive, most on the North Side and South Side. Only a few on the East Side. And the West Side has only a few, but they are among the oldest and grandest.
Thank you for the memories. There was an old house built 1924 on Edgewood Terrace between East Lancaster & Meadowbrook Dr. It was owned by the Home Making teacher of the”Old Handley High School”. This is an old interesting home many of the school functions were held there like Teas, Christmas Parties and faculty functions. This house sat on the Corner of Edgewood Terrace and Norma St. on the West side, 2424 N. Edgewood Terraced, Ft. Worth, Texas
Thanks, Marian. That fine old plantation-style house could hold its own with the best on Meadowbrook Drive.