Details for William G. Newby Memorial Building

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014114

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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
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