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76002067 [1] Added to NRHP. June 29, 1976. The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, north of the central business district. A 98-acre (40 ha) portion encompassing much of the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in ...
The house mouse is best identified by the sharp notch in its upper front teeth. House mice have an adult body length (nose to base of tail) of 7.5–10 centimetres (3–4 in) and a tail length of 5–10 cm (2–4 in). The weight is typically 11–30 g (8 –1 oz). In the wild they vary in color from grey and light brown to black (individual ...
100006072 [1] Added to NRHP. January 27, 2021. Pioneers Rest is the oldest public cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas and one of the oldest in Tarrant County. Its use as a burial ground began in the summer of 1850, shortly after the fort was established by the United States Army. Pioneers Rest is located in the 600 block of Samuels Avenue near its ...
There are 121 listings on the National Register in the county. Another two properties were once listed but have been removed while a third property has been relocated outside the county. One individually listed property is both a State Antiquities Landmark (SAL) and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) while an additional property is an SAL.
The Tower. The Tower (formerly Block 82 Tower and Bank One Tower) is a 35-story building located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas bound by Taylor Street, Throckmorton Street, West 4th Street, and West 5th Street. At 488-feet (149 m), it is the fourth tallest building in Fort Worth. When it was completed in 1974, it was the tallest building in Fort ...
The Kress Building, also known as S.H. Kress and Co. Building, is a Classical Moderne Art Deco building in downtown Fort Worth.Designed by New York architect Edward F. Sibbert, the five-story Kress building served the “five-and-dime” chain from 1936 through 1960 and was one of the only major construction projects in Fort Worth built using private money during the Great Depression.
Mira Vista is a gated community in far Southwest Fort Worth with over 700 high end houses, a championship golf course and country club. [15] Morningside; Overton Park; Overton Park is a neighborhood represented by the Overton Park Neighborhood Association (OPNA) www.overtonpark-na.org in Fort Worth, Texas located southwest of city's downtown.
After the Mexican–American War. In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [4]