Here are the portals of three early subdivisions in Fort Worth.
The entrance of Oakhurst (1924) on Sylvania Avenue. Oakhurst was developed and marketed as a “garden suburb” just minutes from downtown by John P. King, as in the King Candy Company.
The entrance of Chase Court (1906) on Hemphill. The single block of Chase Court is the earliest documented planned subdivision in the city.
The west entrance of Ryan Place at 8th Avenue. Ryan Place was the first restricted residential development in Fort Worth. Developer John C. Ryan Sr. envisioned Fort Worth as “the oil center of the southwest” and wanted Elizabeth Boulevard to be “the residence section of oil men located here.”
The east entrance of Ryan Place at College Avenue. Construction of the first house on Elizabeth Boulevard, the W. T. Fry home at 1112, began in 1911. The gates were erected that year.
