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The Board of
Trade Building
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
The
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.
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
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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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Forth Worth
Texas Forum
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Texas, please email history@texasescapes.com |
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