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The Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas, US, provides adoption and advocacy services. Following its 1880s origins, when it focused on locating homes for orphans during a period of mass migration. It evolved into lobbying, international adoptions, counseling, maternity services, education and philanthropy.
The Masonic Home and School of Texas was a home for widows and orphans in what is now Fort Worth, Texas from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas . [ 2 ] Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District .
The first children's hospital in the area began with the organization of the Fort Worth Free Baby Hospital on March 21, 1918. The hospital opened its doors with only 30 beds. A second floor was added in 1922 to include care for older children and adolescents and the hospital was eventually renamed The Fort Worth Children's Hospital.
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Our Lady of Victory Academy is located on 801 Shaw Street in Fort Worth, Texas. Ground for the school was broken on March 25, 1909. The cornerstone was laid later that year. The Fort Worth architectural firm Sanguinet and Staats designed the building. The five-story building was constructed at a cost of $200.000.
Fort Worth Christian School is a private Christian preparatory school in North Richland Hills, Texas. Established in 1958, the school serves students in preschool through grade 12. On February 27, 2010, the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush spoke at the Annual FWC Cardinal Gala at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. [2]
Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD) is a JK-12 private, independent, coeducational, nondenominational college-preparatory school located on approximately 100 acres in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS).
Downtown Fort Worth is the central business district of the city, and is home to many commercial office buildings, including four office towers over 450 feet tall. [5] Radio Shack has its headquarters in Downtown Fort Worth. [6] In 2001 Radio Shack bought the former Ripley Arnold public housing complex in Downtown Fort Worth for $20 million.