National Register of Historic Places - Texas (TX), Tarrant County

Tarrant County Texas (Vacant / Not In Use) has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Wharton-Scott House, Blackstone Hotel, Bryce Building, Central Handley Historic District and Cotton Belt Railroad Industrial Historic District.

The famous person William J. Bryce is associated with one of more of the Tarrant County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Tarrant County places including Sanguinet & Staats, B.B. Adams, Sanguinet and Staats, William J. Bryce, John J. Pollard, William Bryce, Wyatt C. Hedrick, J.C. Buchanan, Rev. N. P. Denis and Frank J. Singleton. Prominent architectural styles found in Tarrant Country are Classical Revival, Early Commercial and Renaissance.

Blackstone Hotel (added 1984 - - #84001961)

601 Main St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mauran,Russell & Crowell

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Bryce Building (added 1984 - - #84001963)

909 Throckmorton St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bryce,William J.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Historic Person:

Bryce,William J.

Significant Year:

1910

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Central Handley Historic District (added 2002 - - #01001472)

Roughly bounded by E. Lancaster Ave., Forest Ave., Kerr St., and Handley Dr. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Adams, B.B.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Post Office, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Cotton Belt Railroad Industrial Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001109)

Along RR tracks, roughly bounded by Hudgins, Dooley, and Dallas Sts. , Grapevine

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Museum

Electric Building (added 1995 - - #95000048)

Also known as Fort Worth Power and Light Building;Texas Electric Service C

410 W. 7th St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Hedrick, Wyatt C.

Architectural Style:

Other, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Theater

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fort Worth Club Building--1916 (added 1998 - - #98000102)

Also known as Holmes Building;Winfree Building;Midcontitinent Building;Ken

608-610 Main St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Clubhouse, Organizational, Professional

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Guinn, James E., School (added 1998 - - #98000429)

1200 South Freeway , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

M. G. Ellis School (1914) (added 1986 - - #83003161)

Also known as North Fort Worth Public School (1905)

213 N.E. Fourteenth St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Waller,Marion L.

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Marine Commercial Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000102)

Also known as The Mercado

Roughly defined by N. Main St., bet. N. Side Dr. and N. 14th St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Singleton, Frank J., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Department Store, Medical Business/Office, Processing Site, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Organizational, Processing Site, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse, Water Works

Near Southeast Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000405)

Roughly bounded by New York Ave., E. Terrell Ave., former I&GN Raiway, Verbena St., and N side of E. Terrell Ave, , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

North Fort Worth High School (added 1995 - - #94001627)

Also known as North Side High School;Fort Worth Technical High School

600 Park St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Buchanan, J.C., Sanguinet and Staats

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Our Mother of Mercy School (added 2006 - - #06000510)

Also known as Our Lady of Mercy School

801 Verbena St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

South Main Street Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000984)

104, 108, 126 & 200 blocks S. Main St. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Street Furniture/Object

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Street Furniture/Object

Wharton-Scott House (added 1975 - - #75002003)

1509 Pennsylvania Ave. , Fort Worth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sanguinet & Staats

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use