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Razed
in TexasThe
Board of Trade Building c. 1889-1890
Fort
Worth, TexasArmstrong
and Messer, Architects |
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Board of Trade Building at the NW Corner of 7th Street and Houston in Fort Worth
was built in the 1880s and is regarded by some to be the first skyscraper in Fort
Worth. The number of stories is hard to determine from the image (left).
The building also served as the Fort Worth post office for a time and later as
the offices of the Continental National Bank (1905). |
The exterior
was a combination of stone, molded and pressed brick and terra cotta. The interior
had mosaic tile floors, wainscoting of polished oak and cherry paneling. Leaded
glass windows and frescoed ceilings was icing on the cake.
It was demolished
sometime prior to 1949 to provide parking space.
© John
Troesser
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
Sources:
Gone from Texas – Our Lost Architectural Heritage by Willard B. Robinson,
Texas A & M Press
The Fort Worth Star Telegram, October 30, 1949 |
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