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
