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F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas)
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The F.W. Woolworth Building is a historic department store
building located in Sundance Square
neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas
. The building served as a retail location for the F. W. Woolworth Company
from 1926 to 1990. It now houses a JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
store.
Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson & James T. Taylor to be 10 stories tall, the limestone and concrete structure was only built as a three-story building. The classical revival building includes an elaborate frieze
. In 1994, the National Register of Historic Places
added the site.
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
building located in Sundance Square
Sundance Square
Sundance Square is the name of an area in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Named after the Sundance Kid in western folklore, it is a popular place for nightlife and entertainment in Fort Worth and for tourists visiting the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. The building served as a retail location for the F. W. Woolworth Company
F. W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...
from 1926 to 1990. It now houses a JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
Joseph A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., also known by the abbreviated name JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, is an American manufacturer-retailers of men's classically-styled tailored and casual clothing, sportswear, footwear and accessories...
store.
Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson & James T. Taylor to be 10 stories tall, the limestone and concrete structure was only built as a three-story building. The classical revival building includes an elaborate frieze
Frieze
thumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon...
. In 1994, the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas
List of Registered Historic Places in Tarrant County, TexasThis is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas...
added the site.
See also
- Historic Woolworth'sF. W. Woolworth Building (Wilmington, Delaware)The F. W. Woolworth Company Building is a historic department store building located in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.-History:From 1940 to 1997, the F. W. Woolworth Company operated the store, this location being one of the last to close. The building then housed a Happy Harry's drug store and...
in Wilmington, DelawareWilmington, DelawareWilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley... - National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, TexasNational Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, TexasList of Registered Historic Places in Tarrant County, TexasThis is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas...
- Masonic Home & SchoolMasonic Home Independent School DistrictThe Masonic Home and School of Texas was a home for widows and orphans in what is now Fort Worth, Texas from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas. Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District.The campus included...
, also by architect Wiley G. Clarkson - North Side High School (Fort Worth, Texas)North Side High School (Fort Worth, Texas)North Side High School is a public secondary school located in Fort Worth, Texas.The school serves about 1,600 students in the Fort Worth Independent School District.- History :...
, also by architect Wiley G. Clarkson