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Ralph Mann Homestead
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Located at 604 W. Broad St., Mansfield.
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A native of South Carolina who came to Texas in the
1850s, Ralph Sandiford Mann (1825-1907) was one of the
founders of Mansfield. The town was named for Mann and
his brother-in-law and business partner Julian Field.
The two men operated a steam-powered grist mill that
supplied grain to the Confederacy during the Civil War
(1861-1865) and later to U.S. troops at Fort Belknap
and Fort Griffin. Mann built the original log portion
of this home for his family about 1866 and later added
the brick rooms. He donated land for Mansfield
Cemetery, where his grave is located. (1977)
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Rogers-O'Daniel House
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Located at 2230 Warner Rd., Fort Worth.
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William Joseph Rogers built this residence after
purchasing a 137-acre farm here in 1901. Originally a
three-story, Queen Anne style frame structure, it was
remodeled by W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890-1969) in
1925, after the farm was subdivided. O'Daniel had
moved to Fort Worth as sales manager for Burrus Mills.
He sponsored the Light Crust Doughboys, won election
as Governor of Texas, 1939-1941, and sold this
property in 1945 while serving as U.S. Senator,
1941-1949.
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Sandidge-Walker House
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Located at 2420 College Ave., Fort Worth.
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Cattleman George Sandidge (1873-1965) had this house
built about 1921 and sold it four years later to Webb
and Gussie Walker. Dr. Walker (1886-1962), was
appointed city health officer in 1913 and served in
that position for seven years. In 1954, Walker sold
the house to St. John's Episcopal Church to serve as
its rectory. The Sandidge-Walker house features
influences of Prairie School style architecture in its
horizontal lines and wide eaves.
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Smith-Burnett Home
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Located at 4910 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth.
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This area of Fort Worth became a fashionable
subdivision during the early part of the twentieth
century and attracted many prominent residents. In
1906 Fort Worth banker Ben O. Smith (1867-1932)
purchased land at this site. He built a home here for
his wife, Frances, who hosted many Fort Worth social
gatherings. In 1916, the home was purchased by Tom
Burnett, a prominent cattleman and the son of rancher
S. Burk Burnett. The site retains historical
significance for its association with these two
prominent Fort Worth families.
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Tannahill Homestead
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Located at 9741 Verna Drive, Fort Worth.
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In 1853 Scottish-born Robert Watt Tannahill
(1821-1885) and his wife Mary Catherine (Smallwood)
came here from Mississippi. In 1856 Tannahill patented
this 320-acre tract on the Fort Worth-Azle Road. He
used rocks from a nearby creek bank to construct this
house in 1874. He served as a Tarrant County Judge and
used the front room of this home for a Post Office
from 1878 to 1885. This was also a stagecoach station
for the first stop west of Fort Worth. The house was
sold in 1894 to early pioneer William Thomas Tinsley
(1858-1909) and in 1945 to Mrs. Verna Burns Stubbs.
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Texas Log Cabins
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Located at Log Cabin Village on University Drive south
of Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth.
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These authentic log cabins, built by pioneers 100
years ago, recall a way of life in early Texas when
great courage was required to meet the hardships of
frontier existence. Constant threats from indians,
poor crops, adverse weather, primitive living
conditions did not stop these ingenious people from
developing a wilderness into a land of opportunity.
The log cabin, a familiar sight in Cross Timbers
country of North Texas, was most readily available
type of construction to the pioneer and his family. He
was too far from a mill to obtain "box lumber." Skill,
stamina were needed when preparing logs with such
tools at the axe, broad and adze. Styles of fitting
corners included "quarter notch" and "dovetail." Oak,
cedar and heart pine woods were used. The cabin was a
welcome sight to neighbors and saddle-sore travelers.
Each told a personal story of frontier life and the
family that lived within. The Tomkins cabin was a
landmark on Ft. Worth-Belknap Road; visitors were
welcome. Isaac Parker cabin was the last home of
Cynthia Ann Parker after she was taken from her
Comanche family in 1860. This Log Cabin Village was
created so that part of the spirit of the Texas
frontier would survive.
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Thistle Hill, The Cattle Baron's
Mansion
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Located at 1509 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth.
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Designed by Sanguinet & Staats, this Georgian
Revival structure was built in 1903 for A.B. Wharton
(1878-1963) and his bride Electra (1882-1925),
daughter of rancher W.T. Waggoner (1852-1934). Electra
named the mansion "Thistle Hill". Cattlemen-investor
Winfield Scott (1849-1911) bought the home in 1910 but
died before he moved in. His wife Elizabeth
(1861-1935) lived her until her death. Occupied by the
Girls' Service League, 1940-1968, the house was
purchased in 1976 by "Save the Scott Home!" Inc.
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Thomas G. & Marjorie Shaw House
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Located at 2404 East Medford Ct., Fort Worth.
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This Monterrey style house was built in 1927 by
prominent Fort Worth contractor Bert B. Adams. One of
the first houses built in the fashionable Park Hill
Addition, it was purchased upon completion by Thomas
and Marjorie Shaw. A highly successful independent oil
producer, Shaw was associated with the Standard Oil
Company and founded the T.G. Shaw Oil Corporation in
1924. Hallmark features of the house include its
stucco wall finish and tile roof.
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Torian Log Cabin
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Located at 205 Main St., Grapevine.
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This cabin of hand-hewn logs was built along a creek
at the edge of the cross timbers near the pioneer
community of Dove. It originally stood on a headright
settled in 1845 by Francis Throop, a Peters colonist
from Missouri. J.C.Wiley bought the property in 1868.
He sold it in 1886 to John R. Torian (1836-1909), a
farmer from Kentucky. Torian family members occupied
the structure until the 1940s. The cabin was moved
about four miles to this site in 1976.
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Van Zandt Cottage
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Located in Trinity Park, 2900 Crestline Rd., Fort
Worth.
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Built in 1860s on stage road to Weatherford, and for
generations a haven to travelers during Trinity River
Floods, this was the country home of Khleber Miller
Van Zandt (1836-1930), who was know as "Mr. Fort
Worth." A Confederate veteran, Major Van Zandt was a
merchant, lawyer, banker, railroad builder, State
Legislator (1873), opener of frontier lands to
settlement, and leader in many civic activities.
Structure was restored by the State during Texas
Centennial, 1936.
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Westover Manor
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Located at 8 Westover Rd., Westover Hills.
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Built in 1929-30 as the flagship for development of
Westover Hills, this Norman-Jacobethan revival mansion
was selected as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
newspaper's "Home Beautiful". John E. Farrell
(1891-1946), first Mayor of Westover Hills and
co-discover of the vast east Texas oil field in 1931,
lived here from 1930 until his death. Designed by
architect Victor Marr Curtis, the house exhibits
picturesque blend of materials, including brick and
rough-cut limestone, and features a bell-cast tower
roof, Tudor chimneys, half-timbered gables, and
vari-shaded roof tile. Recorded Texas Historic
Landmark-1988
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William Reeves House
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Located at 2200 Hemphill, Fort Worth.
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Prominent businessman and philanthropist William
Reeves built this home for himself and his wife,
Mattie Hosea, in 1907-08. He served as President of
Reeves Investments and was President and founder of
the First Fort Worth Bank and Trust. The Reeves house
exhibits characteristics of the Neo-Classical Revival
and Queen Anne styles of architecture. Prominent
features include the round pavilion at the entrance
and the wrap-around porches with Doric columns.
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William Terry Allen Log Cabin
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Located at the corner of Las Vegas Trail &
Rowland, White Settlement.
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In 1854 young William Allen (1842-1893) came with his
family to Tarrant County from Todd County, Kentucky.
By 1857 they had settled at this location on 360
acres. After serving in the Confederate Army, Allen
married Sarah Fannie Grant (1849-1870). They bought
160 acres about 1864 and built this 13' x18' cabin on
White Settlement Road six miles west of Tarrant County
Courthouse. After his first wife died, Allen married
her sister Theodocia E. Grant (1854-1931). They added
to the cabin several times, including a bedroom, "The
Professor's Room". It was reserved during school
months for the local teacher. The cabin was the family
home until 1908, when a frame cottage was built
nearby. In 1933 Allen's heirs sold 22 acres which
included the cabin. The new owner moved the cabin
north of the original site and enlarged it. In 1953
the land was sold to the United States government for
runway additions to Carswell Air Force Base. The cabin
was moved to Fort Worth. The White Settlement
Historical Society, organized in 1976, raised funds to
number the logs and move the dismantled cabin to the
present site. It was restored to its original size and
opened to groups interested in local history. (1978)
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Administration Building
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Located at Texas Wesleyan College, 1200 block Wesleyan
St., Fort Worth.
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Erected by old Polytechnic College, a coeducational
school organized 1890 by Bishop J. S. Key, on site
given by A. S. and W. D. Hall and George Tandy. This
hall, of Texas limestone, was built 1902 in
presidential term of Bishop Hiram A. Boaz. Has
continued in use while institution was Texas Woman's
College, 1914-1934, and since it became Texas Wesleyan
College. Modernized in 1963. Owned by Texas Methodist
Conferences.
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Amon Carter Riverside High School and
Riverside ISD
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Located at 3301 Yucca Ave., Fort Worth.
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A community school system known as Trinity Bend
existed as early as 1876 in what is now the Riverside
neighborhood of Fort Worth. Classes were held in a
one-room schoolhouse built by Dr. Eagle, a retired
physician. The Pendleton District was created for this
area in 1884, and the name Riverside was adopted
fifteen years later. After the City of Fort Worth
annexed the Riverside Community in 1922, the school
became part of the Fort Worth educational system. In
1941 the school at this site was named for Fort Worth
businessman and philanthropist Amon G. Carter. (1983)
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Azle School
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Located at 301 Church St., Azle.
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According to local tradition, pioneer settler J.G.
Reynolds started the first area school in the 1850s.
Early classes were held in log cabins and in the Ash
Creek Baptist Church building. Despite interruptions
caused by Indian attacks and the Civil War, the Azle
Schools grew through consolidation with such nearby
schools as Promised Land, Steele, Slover, Sabathany,
Liberty, Briar, Bluff Springs and a local college
started by William Lipscomb. An Independent District
since the 1950s, the Azle School System serves as a
reminder of the community's pioneer heritage. (1982)
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Bedford School
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Locatesd at 1801 School Rd., Bedford
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The first Bedford area school met in a log building
during the early 1860s. After the Civil War classes
were held in a frame structure at Spring Garden, north
of this site. After it burned in the early 1880s,
Milton Moore (1828-1914) deeded land here for
construction of Bedford College, an elementary and
high school academy. In 1893 it was also destroyed by
fire and local citizens raised funds for a new
elementary school nearby. It was replaced in 1908 by a
2-story brick schoolhouse. The school consolidated
with the Hurst-Euless district in 1958 and the
building was used until 1969. (1980)
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Alice E. Carlson Elementary School
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Located at 3320 W. Cantey St., Fort Worth.
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Designed by Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson and
built in 1927, this building was enlarged twice, once
in 1935 with Works Progress Administration funds and
again in 1953 with designs by noted area architect
Joseph R. Pelich, Sr. The original classrooms,
principal's office and cafeteria were supplemented by
additional wings. Named for a teacher who was the
first woman to serve on the Fort Worth School Board,
the institution shaped the growth of the neighborhood
and its children. Architectural features include
multilight frame windows and Spanish colonial revival
details, including the tile roof and wrought iron
lamps. State Archeological Landmark - 1983 Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 2000
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Castleberry School District
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Located at 5228 Ohio Garden Road, River Oaks.
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Certified by the State of Texas as a common school
district in 1898, the Marine School No. 3 was housed
in a small frame structure erected on land given by
local resident Ike Vinchinor. May Manning was the
school's first teacher. In 1902 a second room was
added, and the school was known as Rosen Heights
School No. 2 from that time until 1919. A three-room
brick structure was erected in 1919 and the name was
changed to the Castleberry Common School District in
honor of Zack and Fanny Castleberry, who provided well
water to the school. The first parent-teacher
association was organized in 1922, beginning a long
tradition of cooperation and support between families
and faculty members. The area grew rapidly in the next
decade, and by 1932 another room was added to the
schoolhouse. A new two-room frame building was added
in 1934, and an additional one-room building was
erected in 1936. Matching bonds, Works Progress
Administration projects, and other federal programs
enabled the district to expand as necessary, including
the erection of a large main building in 1938. Air
Force personnel, aircraft mechanics, and their
children arrived at nearby Carswell Air Force Base
during World War II, and the school district expanded
to accommodate them. In the 1950s local high school
students were transferred to the Fort Worth
Independent School District. When Fort Worth announced
in 1956 its intent to charge tuition for the education
of Castleberry students, the Castleberry School
District became independent and added a high school to
its facilities. By 1998 the Castleberry Independent
School District served almost 3000 students in seven
schools. (1998) Incise: Character builder, Irma Marsh,
teacher-principal; first superintendent of C.I.S.D.,
1924-1972.
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Chapin School
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Located on Spur 580 (or US 80, Bankhead Hwy), about 1
mi west of IH 820, Fort Worth.
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The Chapin School was begun for Marys Creek Community
in the late 1870s in a log cabin on land deeded by
Ivory H. Chapin (2 mi. SE). In 1884 the school was
moved one mile west to a 2-room frame house on Mary's
Creek on land donated by J. Fielding Dunlap (.5 Mi.
S). It was moved again in 1936, to a rock structure on
Chapin Road. In 1961, the Fort Worth Independent
School District annexed the Chapin Common School
District. Chapin School continued to be used for an
elementary school, however, until 1968, when it
closed.
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