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Dorothy J. Killam (née Dorothy Ruth Brooks Johnston; 1900 – 26 July 1965) was an American-born Canadian philanthropist. She was the wife of Canadian financier Izaak Walton Killam . When he died in 1955 she inherited his fortune and continued to build it until her own death 10 years later.
Butler Place Historic District is a 42-acre area east of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas. From about 1940-2020, it was a public housing development with 412 units. The site is now to be dedicated to a new purpose, perhaps a museum focused on African Americans in Fort Worth's history. [2] [3]
The Killam Trusts were established in 1965 after the death of Dorothy J. Killam, the widow of Izaak Walton Killam, a Canadian financier, for a time the wealthiest man in Canada. [1] He died intestate in 1955, but before his death he and his wife discussed in extensive detail the scholarship plan on which the Killam Trusts were founded.
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 school moved into a wooden building, as of 2008 next to Dunbar 6th Grade Center, in 1925, with the school district paying $5,000 to have the building constructed. Area residents spent $300 to fund the construction of the school, and the Rosenwald Foundation gave $1,000 more. In the 1930s, the area became a part of the Fort Worth school ...
[1] [3] Catholic schools are operated by the Diocese of Fort Worth. Area Catholic schools in Fort Worth include St. Rita Catholic School (PreK3-8), [1] [3] [4] Nolan Catholic High School, [1] [3] and St. Ignatius of Loyola College Preparatory School. [5] Area Catholic Schools in Arlington include Saint Maria Goretti Catholic School (PreK-8). [6]
Fort Behavioral Health has reopened after a 30-day shutdown, but some former staff say it’s still “extremely unsafe” for children living at the facility, a Star-Telegram investigation finds.
The museum was started in 1975 in the basement of the Deaf Smith County Library in Hereford. [1] It was removed to Fort Worth in 1994. [1] The museum then moved into its 33,000 square feet (3,100 m 2) permanent location in the Cultural District of Fort Worth on June 9, 2002.