Woolworth, F. W., Building

501 Houston St., Fort Worth, Texas. County/parish: Tarrant.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 25, 1994. NRIS 94001359.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

The F.W. Woolworth Building is a historic department store building located in Sundance Square section of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The building served as a retail location for the F. W. Woolworth Company from 1926 to 1990. It now houses other tenants including a JoS. A. Bank Clothiers store.

Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson and James T. Taylor to be ten stories tall, the limestone and concrete structure was only built as a three-story building. The Classical Revival building includes an elaborate frieze. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973440

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