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Butler Place Historic District

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1941. Roughly bounded by Luella and 19th sts., I-35 W, and I. M. Terrell Way Cir.

Named for African American teacher and Civil War veteran Henry H. Butler, this U.S. Housing Authority–sponsored public housing community sits on a site once known as Chambers Hill in what, in the 1930s, was deemed the worst slum in Fort Worth. Two-story gabled brick apartment blocks are disposed carefully on the hilly site. Each building has flat-roofed concrete entrance canopies. These economical structures possess a timeless quality that dignifies their history as low-income public housing.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Andrew J. Chambers School (East Eighteenth Street Colored School No. K, I. M. Terrell High School, Trimble High School)
Ashton Depot (Fort Worth Union Passenger Station; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Station)
Fort Worth Water Gardens
Texas and Pacific Passenger Terminal
Flatiron Building (Saunders Triangle Building)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Butler Place Historic District", [Fort Worth, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-FW28.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 211-211.

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