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Fielder House
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Located at 1616 W. Abram, Arlington.
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Local landowner and community leader James Park
Fielder (d. 1948) and his wife Mattie (Barnes) (d.
1950) erected this house in 1914, using steel lathing
and other innovative techniques. The brick Prairie
style structure had a large basement to provide
storage space for the fruits and vegetables grown on
surrounding acreage. Known as "The Home on the Hill,"
the Fielder residence was a popular gathering place
and a landmark for citizens of Arlington. Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1979
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Friday House
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Located at 1906 Amber's Circle, Arlington.
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In 1923, Marion and Willie Maybelle Friday purchased
112.5 acres including this site on which to build a
home and pursue their love of farming. Mr. Friday was
a civil engineer who built waterways and sewer systems
in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and other small Texas
cities. The Fridays sold the house in 1937 to the Cox
family, who sold it in 1946 to the Young family. The
Youngs owned the property for fifty years. An
excellent example of a brick foursquare plan, the
structure is a hybrid of strong prairie school and
classical influences. Prairie school characteristics
include the hipped roof, wraparound porch, overhanding
eaves and porte cochere with balustrade above.
Classical features include the porch columns and
broken pediment front entryway. Recorded Texas
Historic Landmark - 1999
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Garvey-Veihl House
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Located at 769 Samuels Ave., Fort Worth.
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Early landowner Baldwin L. Samuel deeded land in this
area to his daughter Mary and her husband Isaac Foster
in 1876. The Fosters and their daughter Lucy (Lula)
and her husband William B. Garvey moved here from
Kentucky in 1882 and built a home overlooking the
Trinity River on a lot adjacent to this home site. At
that time many of the city's wealthiest families were
building impressive homes along Samuels Avenue and the
bluff of the Trinity River. The Garveys bought this
lot from the Fosters in 1883 and in 1884 built a small
1-story frame residence. By the late 1890s they had
enlarged the house to its current 2-story Queen Anne
style appearance. The house exhibits hallmark features
of the style, including asymmetrical massing, porches,
dormers, and beehive turrets. The house was bequeathed
to Baptist Church Charities following the Garvey's
deaths in 1915. Merchant Robert C. Veihl and his wife,
Lena B., bought the home in 1918. It was maintained by
the Veihl family until 1959, but was subsequently
abandoned and in 1972 faced condemnation. The house is
representative of the grand homes that lined Samuels
Avenue at the turn of the century. Recorded Texas
Historic Landmark- 1993.
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George B. Monnig House
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Located at 115 W. Broadway, Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth merchant George B. Monnig (1869-1919) and
his wife, Lura (1870-1948), acquired this property in
1905 and built a two-story frame house here. In 1909,
a neighborhood fire destroyed that house, and the
Monnigs replaced it with this tile-roofed brick
structure in 1910. Its design details, executed in
corbelled brick, milled wood, and cut limestone,
reflect a blend of Bungalow and Arts-and-Crafts
styles. Lura remarried and moved by 1923, and the
family sold the house in 1947. Recorded Texas Historic
Landmark-1986.
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Gunhild Weber House
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Located at 1404 S. Adams, Fort Worth.
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This was the first home built in a 1907 subdivision
opened by D.T. Bomar and John W. Broad. It shows
influences from the West Coast, where Broad lived from
1896 to 1906. Charles K. Lee, later a State Bar
Association, President, bought the house in 1914. He
added a room and porte cochere. The Lees lived here 15
years. Mrs. Gunhild Weber, a native of Norway and a
Fort Worth business executive, has owned the house
since buying it from the Lucie C. Lee estate, 1944.
Recorded Texas Historical Landmark-1978.
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Henry M. Williams Home
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Located at 4936 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth.
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A native of Georgia, Henry W. Williams (d. 1925) was
the founder of the H.W. Williams Wholesale Drug
Company and a prominent Fort Worth banker. This
Colonial Revival residence was built for him between
1907 and 1909. Notable features include the elaborate
portico with Corinthian columns and the wide veranda.
Since 1925 it has been the home of several prominent
area families whose lifestyles reflected cultural and
social values of the community. Recorded Texas
Historic Landmark-1982
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Hutcheson-Smith Home
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Located at 312 N. Oak St., Arlington.
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Built about 1896, this residence reflects influences
of the Queen Anne style, including gingerbread trim.
It is located on land owned in the 1890s by I.L.
Hutcheson, a pioneer merchant of the Arlington area,
and his son William Thomas Hutcheson, who later became
an oilman in Archer City. In 1919 the house was
purchased by S.T. Smith, a former educator and farmer.
Owned by his family until the late 1970s, it serves as
a reminder of Arlington's early development. Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark-1982.
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J. D. Cooper House
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Located at the entrance to Meadowbrook Park, 211
Willis St., Arlington.
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Built 1878 by J.D. Cooper, early landowner. Colonial
design with square nails, wide board floors. Moved
here by City. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
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James-Fujita House
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Located at 2530 College Ave., Fort Worth.
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Competed in 1915 for Thomas (d. 1935) and Annie James,
this home was purchased four years later by Kanetaro
Fujita. Fujita served as president of a Japanese
cotton exporting firm, the Gosho Company, incorporated
in 1917 and dissolved just after the U.S. entry into
World War II. In 1936, after Fujita returned to Japan,
he sold the home to the company. Prominent features of
the James-Fujita house include its gambrel roof and
front porch columns and balusters. Recorded Texas
Historic Landmark-1986.
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John L. Collier Home
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Located at 401 E. Elm St., Mansfield.
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This structure was built in 1877 as a residence for
the founder of Mansfield Male and Female College, John
C. Collier (1834-1928). A native of South Carolina,
Collier was distinguished educator and Presbyterian
minister who in 1869 was asked to establish a school
in Mansfield. The college operated from 1870 until
1887 and produced outstanding graduates and community
leaders. Located west of the college, the home served
also as a residence for female teachers and students.
From 1890 to 1909, the A.J. Dukes family owned the
Collier house. They made some major alterations to the
home, including the addition of Mansfield's first
indoor bathroom. Occupants of the home from 1909 until
1944 were Dr. William B. and Sallie (Hodges) McKnight,
both of whom had graduated from Mansfield Male and
Female College. Dr. McKnight established a medical
practice in Mansfield in 1895 and also served as
physician for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The house
was adapted as Mansfield first funeral home by T.E.
"Ernie" Blessing in 1944. Significant for its
association with an early Texas educational
institution and with several families of community
leaders, the John C. Collier Home has remained a
landmark in Mansfield. (1985)
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Jopling-Melear Log Cabin
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Located at Johnson Plantation Cemetery, 621 W.
Arkansas Lane, Arlington.
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George Washington Jopling (1833-1903) erected this log
cabin in 1863 in the Johnson Station Community for his
wife Catherine (Thomas) (1837-1882) and their large
family. A farmer, cattleman, and cotton gin owner,
Jopling also served as a community leader, helping
organizing the Johnson Station Masonic Lodge. After
Catherine died he remarried and deeded the cabin,
which had been enlarged, to his daughter Jane
Catherine (1854-1940) and her husband Z.T. Melear
1850-1931). Melear, a farmer and blacksmith, owned a
livery stable and cotton gin. In 1970 the cabin was
moved to this site. (1980)
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Laneri House
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Located at 902 S. Jennings Ave., Fort Worth.
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Italian immigrant John B. Laneri moved to Fort Worth
in 1883 and became a prominent businessman and civic
leader. He founded the O.B. Macaroni Company and
started a private boys school unknown as Laneri
College. He had this residence built in 1904 in one of
the city's most prosperous neighborhoods. The brick
structure features classical detailing and fine
interior woodwork. Laneri occupied the house until his
death in 1935. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1982.
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Lanius House
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Located at 2420 W. Adams, Fort Worth.
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A native of Bonham, Texas, Clarence Lanius (1880-1947)
was a cattleman with ranches in several locations
across the state. By 1922 he and his wife, Myrtle
(Swecker) (1880-1958), had moved into their new home
here in the city's finest residential area in the
early 20th century. The Lanius house is a good example
of the Bungalow style of architecture popular at the
time and features broad overhanging eaves that are
somewhat flared. A wide porch and porte-cochere
dominate the facade. Recorded Texas Historic
Landmark-1985.
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Marion Loyd Homestead
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Located in Loyd Park on Ragland Rd., Ground Prairie.
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In 1859 brothers Marion (1835-1927) and James Loyd
(1837-1922) of Illinois purchased this site. Marion
built a log house to which their father John and
several younger children came to live. Marion married
Friendsina Cheshier (1841-1870) in 1862 and had four
children. In 1879 he married his brother Thomas'
(1848-1873) widow Ann Haney Loyd (1853-1912) and had
three children. Marion was a farmer, area leader, and
organizer of Loyd school. His deep soft water well
made his home a gathering place for neighbors and
travelers. Loyd descendants remain on the land. (1980)
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Marshall R. Sanguinet House
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Located at 4729 Collinwood, Fort Worth.
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Noted Fort Worth architect Marshall R. Sanguinet
(1859-1936) built this Shingle Style house about 1894,
incorporating his earlier residence at this site which
was damaged by fire. A partner in the prominent
statewide architecture firm of Sanguinet and Staats,
Marshall Sanguinet was associated with many of the
citys early multi-story buildings and with the
development of the Arlington Heights subdivision,
which included his home.
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Maxwell-Liston House
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Located at 712 May. St., Fort Worth.
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This late Queen Anne style residence was built in 1904
by Charles W. Maxwell (1850-1912). A contractor and
carpenter by trade, Maxwell lived here with his wife,
Katie, until 1907. The home then was sold to James
Liston (d. 1917), and it remained in the Liston Family
until 1941. Elements of the Queen Anne style
represented in the Maxwell-Liston House include the
corner turret, the wraparound porch, and the wreath
and scroll decorative work in the front gables.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1985.
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Mitchell-Schoonover House
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Located at 600 S. 8th Ave., FortWorth.
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James E. Mitchell, a jeweler, demanded a high degree
of skilled craftsmanship in the construction of this
house. Completed in 1907, it was designed by the Fort
Worth architectural firm of Sanguinet and Staats. A
friend, Dr. Charles B. Simmons, purchased the property
in 1920. Ownership of the home was transferred to his
daughter Maurine and her husband Dr. Frank Schoonover
in 1945. The occupied the residence until 1979.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark- 1979.
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Nugent-Hart House
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Located at 312 Waxahache St., Mansfield.
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In the early 1890s Joseph Nugent (1829-1903) and his
wife, Christina, built this house, which features late
19th-century Victorian and Eastlake details in the
porch. Nugent, a native of Canada, came to Texas in
1851. He operated a private school in Mansfield in the
1850s, taught at the Mansfield Male and Female
College,and was elected the first Mayor in 1891. Local
farmer J.H. Hart bought the home in 1920, and it was
later inherited by family members.
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P. A. Watson Log House
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Located at Johnson Plantation Cemetery, 621 W.
Arkansas Lane, Arlington.
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After his wife Margaret Ann (Armstrong) died, Patrick
Alfred Watson (1810-1894) built this dwelling in 1855
near present Arlington for their six children. In 1858
he married Margaret's neice Mary Jane Donaldson and
they had six children. A surveyor, educator, and
religious leader, Watson gave land for the P.A. Watson
Community Cemetery and for the original site of a
church an school building. The congregation is now
West Fork United Presbyterian Church in Grand Prairie.
The house was enlarged and Watson family descendants
occupied it until 1961. It was moved here in 1976.
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Pollock-Capps House
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Located at 1120 Penn St., Fort Worth.
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Built in 1898 for Dr. Joseph R. Pollock (1856-1941),
this mansion was sold to William Capps (1858-1925) and
wife Sallie (1864-1946), whose family lived here 1909
to 1971. On the grounds were a golf course, tennis
court, and a 3-car garage with a ballroom above. This
was in a neighborhood lined with Victorian homes of
bankers, businessmen, cattlemen, lawyers,
physicians,and publishers, and was nicknamed "Quality
Hill".
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