Details for William G. Newby Memorial Building
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014114
Data
| Marker Number | 14114 |
| Atlas Number | 5507014114 |
| Marker Title | William G. Newby Memorial Building |
| Index Entry | Newby, William G., Memorial Building |
| Address | 1316 Pennsylvania Ave. |
| City | Fort Worth |
| County | Tarrant |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 655544 |
| UTM Northing | 3623529 |
| Subject Codes | military topics; World War I topics; German American topics; immigrant topics; women's topics; design and construction |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, N side Pennsylvania Avenue between S. Ballinger and S. Lake streets |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text | Herman Frerichs, a cotton exporter from Bremen, Germany, built this house in 1910-1911. He and his family were on vacation in Germany at the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and were not allowed to return to the United States. The U.S. government seized the house under the Alien Property Act and held it until the end of the war. Frerichs sold the property to Mrs. William G. Newby in 1923. She gave it to the Fort Worth Woman's Club in memory of her husband. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967 |