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The Fort Worth Cultural District [8] lies across the river to the west of Downtown Fort Worth and is renowned for its high concentration of notable museums such as the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Elizabeth Boulevard Historic District is located in the southern part of Fort Worth, Texas. It was added to the National Register in November 16, 1979. See also
Fort Worth: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and includes another 76: Oil & Gas Building: Oil & Gas Building: January 25, 2024 : 309 W. 7th Street: Fort Worth: 77: Old Town Historic District: Old Town Historic District
Fort Worth settlers held slaves in its antebellum period. In 1860, Tarrant County had 5,170 whites and 850 slaves. When the question came to secede from the Union, most citizens were for secession, and Tarrant County voted for it. The effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction nearly wiped Fort Worth off the map during the 1860s. The city's ...
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 .
Carroll Marion Peak (1828–1885) – Fort Worth's first physician and founder of the First Christian Church; Baldwin L. Samuel (1803–1879) – Early Fort Worth settler and donor of land for Pioneers Rest; Anna Shelton (1861–1939) – First president of The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, Member of Mary Isham Keith Chapter, NSDAR
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 1976. [ 1 ]
Roy A. And Gladys Westbrook House is located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 2009. In 1946, oilman William Clark acquired the house. He divorced his second wife in 1950, and on February 13, 1951, married Mary Waterstreet Tuerpe.