Downtown Fort Worth

Architecturally Significant Buildings:

Key to building designations:

NR - Listed on The National Register of Historic Places
RTHL - Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
SAL - State Archeological Landmark
CFW - Designated as a City of Fort Worth Landmark
FWHSE - Highly Significant & Endangered City of Fort Worth Landmark
(UC) - Under Construction
(I) - Building Interior Photographs

    Numerics
100 Main Place - 100 Main - 1956; 1982
500 Commerce (formerly GAINSCO Building) - 1924; 1935; 1990
500 W. 7th (formerly NationsBank) - 1961
714 Main (formerly Transport Life Building) - 1920-21 (FWHSE)
7-Eleven Store - 1401 W. 7th St. - 2002
    A
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church - 116 Elm St. - 1912 (NR, RTHL)
AMLI Upper West Side - 1000 Henderson St. - 1999
Ashton Depot (formerly Union Depot) - 1501 Jones - 1900 (NR, RTHL, FWHSE)
Ashton Hotel - 610 Main - 1915; restored 2001 (NR, FWHSE)
AT&T Building - 1116 Houston - 1926; 1929; 1949; 1958; 1965; 1971
The Atelier Building - 209 W. 8th - c.1905 (RTHL)
    B
Barber's Bookstore - 215 W. 8th - c.1910; c.1935
Bass Performance Hall - 4th & Commerce - 1998
COMING SOON! Bewley Mills - 1000 Harding - c.1908; 1945; c.1980
COMING SOON! Binyon-O'Keefe Storage Co. - 800 Calhoun - 1916-17
Blackstone Hotel (I) - 601 Main - 1929; 1999 (NR, RTHL, FWHSE)
The Bridal Building - 300 Main Street - 1981
Bryce Building - 909 Throckmorton - 1910 (NR, RTHL)
Burk Burnett Building - 500 Main - 1914; restored 1980 (NR)
Burnett Plaza - 801 Cherry St. - 1983
    C
Caceria Building - 5th & Commerce - 2008 (UC)
The Carnegie - 3rd & Taylor - 2008 (UC)
Carter+Burgess Plaza (formerly UPR Plaza & Continental Plaza) - 777 Main - 1982
Cash America International - 1600 W. 7th - 1980; 2001
Cassidy Corner - E. 1st & Pecan - 2000; 2003
Central Fire Station No. 2 - 1000 Cherry Street - 1930 (CFW)
Century Plaza - 108 W. 8th St. - 1903
Chase Building (formerly Bank One Building) - 420 Throckmorton - 2002
Chesapeake Plaza (formerly Pier 1 Place) - 100 Pier 1 Place - 2004
City National Bank Building - 315 Houston - c.1884-85
City Place (formerly Tandy Center) - 100 Throckmorton - 1976; 1978
City Tower - 1600 Texas St. - 2008 (UC)
Civil Courts Building - 100 N. Houston - 1957-58; 1988
Commerce Building - 307 W. 7th - 1930
Conn Building - 310 Main - c.1906; restored 1981
Criminal Courts & Jail - 300 W. Belknap - 1962
Criminal Justice Building - 200 W. Belknap - 1918 (RTHL)
    D
Joe Daiches Jewelers - 101-07 Houston - 1910; 1955
The Depot Apartments - 555 Elm St. - 1915; 2005
Domino Building - 311 Main - 1885
Dr Pepper Bottling Co. - 1401 Henderson - 1938
    E
Eddleman-McFarland House (I) - 1110 Penn - 1899 (NR, RTHL, CFW)
Electric Service Building - 115 W. 7th - 1952
Ellison Furniture & Carpet Mattress Factory/Tindall Properties - 511 E. 5th St. - 1913
Ellison Furniture & Carpet Warehouse/Tindall Square - 505 Pecan - c.1911
    F
Fakes Building - 406-408 Houston - 1929
Family Law Center - 200 E. Weatherford - 2005
Fire Station No. 1 - 215 Commerce - 1907; restored 1982
Firestone Apartments - 7th & Henderson - 1999
Firestone Service Store - 1001 W. 7th - 1930; restored 1999
First Christian Church - 612 Throckmorton - 1914 (NR, RTHL)
First Presbyterian Church - 1000 Penn - 1958
First United Methodist Church - 800 W. 5th - 1930
Flatiron Building (I) - 1000 Houston - 1907 (NR, RTHL, FWHSE)
Fort Worth Club - 306 W. 7th - 1926 (NR)
COMING SOON! Fort Worth Club Tower - 777 Taylor - 1974
Fort Worth Convention Center (I) - 1111 Houston - 1968; 1983; 2002-03
Fort Worth Municipal Building - 1000 Throckmorton - 1972
Fort Worth Public Library - 1978; 1994
Fort Worth Public Market Building - 1400 Henderson - 1930 (NR, RTHL)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - 400 W. 7th - 1920
Fort Worth Water Gardens - Houston & 13th - 1974
Fourth St. Methodist Church Vestry - E. 4th & Jones - 1887
    G
W.T. Grant Store - 611 Houston - 1939
Greater St. James Baptist Church - 210 Harding - 1913-18 (NR, RTHL, CFW)
    H
COMING SOON! HealthSouth Rehabilitation - 1929; 1958; 1990
Heritage Park - Bluff & Houston Streets - 1976
Hillside Apartments - 300 Crump - 1997
Hilton Fort Worth Hotel - 815 Main - 1921; restored 1981 (NR, RTHL)
Historic Electric Building - 410 W. 7th - 1929-30 (NR, CFW)
D.R. Horton Tower - 301 Commerce - 1984
Houston Place Lofts - 910 Houston Street - 1906, 1918 (CFW)
COMING SOON! Houston Street Bar & Patio - 902 Houston - c.1909
Hunt-Hawes Grocer/Alarm Supply Building (I) - 508 E. 7th - c.1900
    I
Intermodal Transportation Center - 9th & Jones - 2002
    J
Jarvis Building - 506 Main - c.1884
Jett Building - 400 Main - c.1902
    K
COMING SOON! King Candy Co. - 813 E. 9th - c.1900
Knights of Pythias Castle Hall - 315 Main - 1901 (NR, RTHL)
Knights of Pythias Club Building - 108 E. 3rd St. - 1920
Knights of Pythias Hall - 900 E. 2nd St. - 1925
Kress Building - 604 Main - 1936 (CFW)
    L
Land Title Block - 111 E. 4th - 1889 (RTHL)
Landmark Tower - 200 W. 7th - 1957 (DEMOLISHED MARCH 18, 2006)
COMING SOON! Le Bijou - 709 Jones St. - 2007 (UC)
Lincoln at Trinity Bluff - 701 E. Bluff St. - 2006
Lexington Place - 101 Lexington - 1984
Lone Star Gas - 908 Monroe - 1929 (CFW)
    M
Maddox-Muse Center - 308 E. 4th - 1913; 1926; 1999
Mallick Tower - 1 Summit Ave. - 1968; 2001
Masonic Temple - 1100 Henderson - 1931 (RTHL)
Miller's Mutual Fire Insurance - 900 Monroe - 1920; 1946
Montgomery Ward/Tindall Storage Building (I) - 801 Grove - c.1911 (NR, FWHSE)
Morning Chapel C.M.E. Church - 903 E. 3rd - 1938; 1958 (NR)
Morris Building - 308 Main - c.1906
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church - 600 Grove - 1912
    N
Charles E. Nash Elementary School - 401 Samuels Ave. - 1927; 1936 (CFW)
Nash Hardware Co. - 401 E. 8th - 1910
The Neil P. at Burnett Park - 411 W. 7th - 1921 (NR, RTHL)
    O
COMING SOON! Odd Fellows Lodge - 415 E. 6th - 1925 (RTHL)
Oil & Gas Building - 309 W. 7th - 1954
Old Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc. - 410 E. Weatherford - 1930 (RTHL)
Omni Fort Worth Hotel - 1400 Houston St. - 2008 (UC)
    P
Packard Automobile Dealership - 1204 W. 7th - c.1925
Palace Theater Block - 3rd & Commerce - 1996
The Palisades - 700 E. Bluff St. - 2007
Pecan Place Condominiums - E. 1st & Pecan - 2003
Pecan Place Townhomes - 704 E. 1st St. - 2006
Peters Bros. Hats - 909 Houston - 1917
Petroleum Building - 210 W. 6th -1927
Plaza Hotel - 301 Main - 1908
Pollack-Capps House - 1120 Penn - 1899 (NR, RTHL, CFW)
Public Safety and Courts Building - 1000 Throckmorton - 1938
    Q
   R
RadioShack Riverfront Campus - 300 RadioShack Circle - 2004/2005
Reata at Sundance Square - 312 Houston - 1884 & 1887, 1983, 2002
Red Goose Shoes - 306 Houston - c.1903 (CFW)
Renaissance Worthington Hotel - 200 Main Street - 1981
    S
Sid Richardson Museum - 309 Main - c.1885
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - 901 Lamar - 1909-12
St. Ignatius Academy - 1206 Throckmorton - 1888-89 (NR, RTHL)
St. Patrick's Cathedral - 1206 Throckmorton - 1888-92 (NR, RTHL)
Sanger Building - 410 Houston - 1929 (NR)
Santa Fe Freight Station - 1401 Jones - 1938 (FWHSE)
Shamrock Building - 515 Main - c.1900
Shelton Building - 901 Houston - 1900; 1910; 1937 (RTHL)
Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel & Spa - 1701 Commerce - 1974; 1980; 2008
Bob R. Simpson Building - 711 Houston - 1910; 1926; 1967; restoration 2005
Sinclair Building (I) - 512 Main - 1930 (NR, RTHL, CFW)

STS Tower (formerly Color Tile Building) 515 Houston - 1925
State National Bank - 7th & Summit - 2006 (UC)
Storefronts - 301- 311 Houston - 1981
Sundance West - 333 Throckmorton - 1991
James W. Swayne House - 1319 Ballinger - c.1899
    T
Charles D. Tandy Technology Center - 1992
Tarrant County Corrections Center - 101 N. Lamar - 1990
Tarrant County Courthouse (I) - 100 E. Weatherford - 1895;1983 (NR, RTHL, SAL)
Tarrant County Family Law Center - 200 E. Weatherford - 2004
Tarrant County Justice Center - 401 W. Belknap - 1990
Texas & Pacific Railway Terminal (I) - 221 W. Lancaster Av. - 1931 (NR, RTHL)
Texas & Pacific Warehouse - W. Lancaster & Jennings - 1931 (NR, RTHL, FWHSE)
Thompson's Bookstore - 900 Houston - c.1910
The Tower (formerly the Bank One Tower) - 500 Throckmorton - 1974; 2005
Trinity Terrace - 1600 Texas - 1982
    U
U.S. Courthouse - 501 W. 10th - 1933 (NR)
U.S. Post Office - 251 W. Lancaster - 1933 (NR, RTHL)
    V
COMING SOON! The Versailles - 409 N. Henderson St. - 2005
Virutoso Building - 505 Main St. - 1996
    W
W.T. Waggoner Building (I) - 810 Houston - 1919-20 (NR)
Water Gardens Place - 100 E. 15th - 1925; remodeled 1983
Weber Building - 302 Main Street - c.1885
Wells Fargo Tower (formerly Chase Texas Tower) - 201 Main - 1982
Western Union Building - 314 Main - 1930-31
Winfield Place - SW corner of Calhoun & 8th - 1919, 1938
Winfree Building - 608 Main - 1890, 1974; restored 2001 (NR, FWHSE)
Woolworth Building - 501 Houston - 1926 (NR, CFW)
    X
    Y
Y.M.C.A. - 512 Lamar - 1924-25
Y.W.C.A. (I) - 512 W. 4th - 1928; 1999 (NR, RTHL, CFW)
    Z

Up until the early 1970's, Downtown Fort Worth was a bustling place, primarily serving the markets of West Texas. After the construction of suburban shopping malls, the CBD began a decline. It was most noticeable during the decade of the 1970's when many of the downtown department stores closed and much of the downtown retail relocated to the suburbs. During the decade of the 1980's, this decline was turned around by the construction of new office buildings and restoration of several older skyscrapers.

Since then, Downtown Fort Worth has become a model for downtown redevelopment. Construction has been steady since the four largest office towers were opened in the early 1980's. In addition to the new construction, many older buildings have either been restored for office use, or converted into residential properties.

The area included in Downtown is bounded by the Trinity River on the north and west, I-35 W on the east, and I-30 on the south.