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The library board appealed to the Public Works Administration in 1933 for funds with $400,000 in subsidies finally arrived in Fort Worth in 1937. A three-story, triangular PWA Moderne structure designed by Joseph R. Pelich was built over the spot of the old neoclassical Carnegie library and opened in 1938.
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]
Fort Worth Fort Worth: Jun 30, 1899: $50,000 W 9th St and Throckmorton St Building demolished in 1937 13: Franklin: Franklin: Apr 2, 1913: $7,500 315 E Decherd Now the Robertson County Public Library 14: Gainesville Gainesville: Apr 3, 1912: $15,000 201 S Denton St Now the Butterfield Stage: 15: Greenville Greenville: Apr 13, 1903: $15,000 ...
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The Spanish Renaissance-style building [2] is part of the Central Library, and houses its archives, manuscripts, and Texas and Local History departments. [3] It is also the site of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. [4] From 1926 to 1976 it was Houston's sole main library building. [5]
The Fort Worth city council will vote Tuesday on whether to approve the lease of the ground floor of 100 Main St. right across from the Tarrant County Courthouse.
The group works with women and children struggling with poverty and homelessness, and is building a larger campus at 3001 S. Riverside Drive. The city’s library department is proposing using ...
General Worth by Mathew Brady. The history of Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States is closely intertwined with that of northern Texas and the Texan frontier. From its early history as an outpost and a threat against Native American residents, to its later days as a booming cattle town, to modern times as a corporate center, the city has changed dramatically, although it still preserves much ...