| Serial Number |
NRS82-23221 |
| County |
Tarrant |
| City/Rural |
Fort Worth |
| Name |
|
| Address |
901 South Main Street |
| Owner |
Rufus S. Garrett, Jr. |
| Owner Address |
901 Hillcrest Street
Fort Worth, TX |
| Block/Lot |
Block B, Lot 5, Rosedale Addition |
| USGS Quad Number |
3297-424 |
| Site Number |
N79 |
| UTM |
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| Date: Factual |
>> cont . |
| Date: Estimated |
|
| Architect/Builder |
Frank L. McClure >> cont . |
| Contractor |
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| Style/Type |
Gas station-missionesque |
| Original Use |
Gas Station |
| Present Use |
Gas Station |
| Description |
A stucco clad gas station, consisting of long rectangular office and garage wing, flat roofed, with projecting arched drive-through with stepped parapets and green tile roof band. Painted white. |
| Present Condition |
Fair; intact, >> cont . |
| Significance |
A brick gas station clad in stucco, with a rather elaborate drive-through decorated with vaguely Mission style parapets and a wrap around red tile canopy supported by curving brackets. Original commercial lampposts flank the building. It was built in three stages between 1929 and 1931 for Rufus S. Garrett, as an independent station, first listed in city directories as the "Martin and Carmichael Filling Station". Frank L. McClure was the builder in 1929, O.M. Howash in 1931. It appears to be eligible for the National Register as an excellent example of an independent gas station of its period. |
| Relationship to Site: Moved |
No |
| Relationship to Site: Moving Date |
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| Relationship to Site: Original Location |
Yes |
| Relationship to Site: Describe |
Corner site on busy street, large >> cont . |
| Bibliography |
Building Permits, Tax Abstract, City Directories |
| Informant |
|
| Recorder |
Woody Minor |
| Date |
10-12-83 |
| Designations: TNRIS No. |
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| Designations: THC Code Number |
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| Designations: RTHL |
No |
| Designations: HABS |
No |
| Designations: HABS Number |
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| Designations: NR Individual |
No |
| Designations: NR Historic District |
No |
| Designations: NR Thematic |
No |
| Designations: NR Multiple Resource |
No |
| Designations: NR Filename |
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| Designations: Other |
|
| Photo Data: B&W 4x5's |
1 |
| Photo Data: Slides |
Yes |
| Photo Data: 35mm Negatives |
No |
| Continuation |
>>DATE_FACT>> 1929;1930;1931
>>ARCH_BUILD>> (29); O.M. Howash
>>PRESCOND>> but in need of maintenance
>>RELATDESCR>> asphalt lot with original lampposts. |
