Flatiron Building - Fort Worth, TX
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N 32° 45.058 W 097° 19.797
14S E 656455 N 3624913
Inspired by the Flatiron Building in New York City, this Flatiron Building is one of the signature buildings in Fort Worth, with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places and a Texas Historical Marker.
Waymark Code: WM3NZX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2008
Views: 53
The information on the historical marker is:
Known in the early 1900s as the tallest building in North Texas. Erected in 1907 for the renowned Dr. Bacon Saunders, Dean of City Medical College; Chief Surgeon for nine railroads; acclaimed as a pioneer of medicine in Texas.
The Flatiron was designed by the firm of Sanguinet and Staats, distinguished Fort Worth architects, of reinforced concrete over a steel frame, this Renaissance Revival structure was inspired by the wedge-shaped Flatiron Building in New York.
The following information comes from the links provided and from Fort Worth & Tarrant County, an Historical Guide, Carol Roark, ed., TCU Press, 2003:
Originally designed to be ten stories, only seven floors of the Fort Worth Flatiron were built before the budget ran out. Nonetheless, the building is Fort Worth's earliest surviving skyscraper. Designed in the Chicago style, emphasizing verticality, the building is built with steel-frame construction. Dr. Bacon Saunders, built the Flatiron to house his offices and leased space to other physicians. An interesting detail on this Flatiron building is the belt course featuring panther heads.
The building, freshly refurbished, will be the owners home, occupying two floors, and will have shops on the ground floor. The rest will be flats for lease.
According to the website below, it is the oldest remaining high-rise building in Fort Worth and is the only flatiron in Texas.
Web Address: [Web Link]
Date of construction.: 01/01/1907
Current use of the building.: Shops and Residences
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