Fort Worth, Texas

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Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, nearly doubling its population since 2000. Fort Worth is the location of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several museums designed by contemporary architects. The Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis Kahn, with an addition designed by Renzo Piano. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, houses American art. The Sid Richardson Museum, redesigned by David M. Schwarz, has a collection of Western art in the U.S., emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was designed by Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico. Fort Worth is the location of several university communities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Texas A&M University School of Law. Several multinational corporations, including Bell Textron, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, and Chip 1 Exchange are headquartered in Fort Worth.

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Fort Worth, Texas
West 10th Street, Fort Worth

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76102 Fort Worth
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Burnett Park

Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas is a park designed around twenty four squares.

St. Andrew's Anglican Church (Fort Worth, Texas)

St. Andrew's Anglican Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth in the Anglican Church in North America. Established as a mission church in 1875, it is the oldest continuous Episcopal/Anglican presence in Fort Worth. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, it played a role in the Anglican realignment in North America.

Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse

The Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit located in Fort Worth, Texas. Built in 1933, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 and was renamed in honor of district court judge Eldon Brooks Mahon in 2003.

Burnett Plaza

Burnett Plaza is a building located in Fort Worth, Texas. At 567 feet (173 meters), it is the tallest building in Fort Worth.

Neil P. Anderson Building

The Neil P. Anderson Building is an 11-story building located at 411 West Seventh Street in Fort Worth, Texas. Built in 1921, it had served as a cotton exchange for the Neil P. Anderson Cotton Co. The building was designed by Sanguinet & Staats. In 1977, an insurance company which owned the building planned to demolish it. In the last minute a group of investors purchased the building in order to save it. It was added to the National Register on March 8, 1978. The Trammel Crow Co. purchased the building in 2000. In 2004, the building was converted into luxury condos. It was renamed the Neil P. at Burnett Park.

Electric Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

The Electric Building is an 18-story Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance styled building located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The building currently houses apartments with the ground floor used for retail stores.

First Christian Church (Fort Worth, Texas)

First Christian Church is a historic church at 612 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1855, making it the oldest continuously operating church established in Fort Worth, Texas. The present building at 6th and Throckmorton dates back to 1915. It was designed by architects E.W. Van Slyke and Clyde Woodruff in a Renaissance Revival style. The raised two-story limestone building has a Greek Cross plan with a tower and copper-clad dome at the crossing and three porticos with Corinthian columns. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and received the Fort Worth Historical and Cultural Landmarks Designation in 2006.

Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124

The Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, also known as Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an organization founded in 1901, and it is also the name of its five-story building with elements of Georgian Revival architecture and of Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture that was built during 1927–28. It was purchased by the YWCA of Fort Worth and Tarrant County in 1954.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Landmark Tower (Fort Worth, Texas)

The Landmark Tower was a 30-story skyscraper located at 200 West 7th Street in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Designed by Fort Worth architecture firm Preston M. Geren & Associates, Landmark Tower was the tallest building in the city from its opening in 1957 until the completion of the Fort Worth National Bank Tower in 1974. After being abandoned in 1990, the tower stood vacant for more than 15 years until it was demolished in 2006. It is one of the tallest buildings ever to be demolished.

Bryce Building

Bryce Building is located on 909 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The two-story office building was named after businessman and former mayor William Bryce. The building was designed in the Classical Revival style. It was constructed with brick made by Denton Press Brick Company. In 1982 a fire caused major damage to the building. The building currently houses a law firm. It was added to the National Register on February 23, 1984.

The Tower (Fort Worth, Texas)

The Tower (formerly Block 82 Tower and Bank One Tower) is a 35-story building located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas bound by Taylor Street, Throckmorton Street, West 4th Street, and West 5th Street. At 488-feet (149 m), it is the fourth tallest building in Fort Worth. When it was completed in 1974, it was the tallest building in Fort Worth until the completion of the Burnett Plaza in 1983. On March 28, 2000, this tower was severely damaged by an F3 tornado; consensus was nearly reached to demolish the tower, but it was instead converted into the tallest residential building in the city.

W. T. Waggoner Building

The W. T. Waggoner Building is a historical skyscraper in Fort Worth, Texas.