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During this period, McDonald was also elected as top leader of two black fraternal organizations, serving as Grand Secretary of the state's black Masons for 50 years. In 1906 he founded Fort Worth's first African-American-owned bank as an enterprise of the state Masons; under his management, the bank survived the Great Depression. [1]
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.
The first building of the new Texas A&M-Fort Worth campus is already beginning to take shape downtown. Construction, which began in June 2023, is expected to be done in December 2025 .
The city’s skyline has been outlined since 1959, originally in all-amber lights like luminarias.
Successfully petitioned to have the Tarrant County seat moved from Birdville to Fort Worth. As mayor, established Fort Worth's first water department and first public school system, on which he served as a board member. Died in 1901 in St. Louis while promoting the city due to blood poisoning sustained in an assault and robbery outside his ...
The Isis Theatre on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The historic theatre reopened last year after being closed since 1988. It first opened its doors as a 400-seat theatre in ...
Masonic bodies have existed within the city of Fort Worth since April 1854 with the founding of Lodge #148. William Stevenson Cooke purchased a four-block parcel of land in 1923 as a central meeting location for the city's various Masonic groups as part of an effort to consolidate all downtown lodges and orders under one roof.
Fort Worth could finally be getting a fully functioning downtown library branch. The City Council will vote on whether to purchase the the Center for Transforming Lives building at 512 W.