F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas)
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| Location | 501 Houston St., Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°45′14″N 97°19′54″W / 32.7540°N 97.3316°W |
| Area | Sundance Square, Ft. Worth, Texas |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Wiley G. Clarkson & James T. Taylor |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001359 |
| Added to NRHP | 1994-11-25 |
The F.W. Woolworth Building is a historic department store building located in Sundance Square neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas. The building served as a retail location for the F. W. Woolworth Company from 1926 to 1990. It now houses a JoS. A. Bank Clothiers store.
Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson & James T. Taylor to be 10 stories tall, the limestone and concrete structure was only built as a three-story building. The classical revival building includes an elaborate frieze. In 1994, the National Register of Historic Places added the site.
See also
- Historic Woolworth's in Wilmington, Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas
- Masonic Home & School, also by architect Wiley G. Clarkson
- North Side High School (Fort Worth, Texas), also by architect Wiley G. Clarkson
References
- National Register of Historic Places TEXAS - Tarrant County
- National Register of Historic Places Research Page
- Woolworth Building - Architecture in Downtown Fort Worth
- "F. W. Woolworth Building". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
External links
Categories:
- Commercial buildings completed in 1926
- Buildings and structures in Fort Worth, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in Fort Worth, Texas
- Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places
- F. W. Woolworth Company buildings and structures
- Neoclassical architecture in Texas
- Economy of Fort Worth, Texas
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas