City of Fort Worth Planning Department Collection

Downtown Fort Worth, 1957

Pictured: Downtown Fort Worth, 1957

Summary: The donor gave the following photographs and publications. Photographs were delivered to the Archives by Judy Cole of the City of Fort Worth Planning Department. All of the items in this collection are related to historic preservation and City projects. Follow link to view City of Fort Worth, Planning Department Image Gallery.

Photographs

  • 48 black and white photographs, 14 by 11.25 inches, taken by local commercial photographers Squire Haskins, Skeet Richardson, and Don Wallace.
  • 217 black and white copy print photographs and 284 negatives in the following categories:
    • Fort Worth Residential
    • Fort worth - Central Business District
    • People
    • St. Stephen Presbyterian Church
    • Seminary South Shopping Center
    • Airport (Spinks?)
    • Fairmont District
    • Harris Hospital on Fifth Avenue Area
    • Berry Street Area Near TCU
    • Elizabeth Blvd, Chase Court, Ryan Addition
    • Throckmorton Street
    • Fort Worth - Lancaster to 9th Street, Jones to Jennings, Site of Fort Worth Convention Center
Publications
  • Fort Worth Citywide Historic Preservation Plan, prepared for the City of Fort Worth by Looney Ricks Kiss, Urban Prospects; Marcel Quimby, Architecture/Preservation; Pavlik and Associates; Christopher Bowers; July 8, 2003.
  • Eight Decades of School Construction: Historic Resources of the Fort Worth Independent School District, 1892-1961, prepared by the City of Fort Worth with consultant Susan Allen Kline, September 2003.