Flatiron Building Fort Worth is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on March 27th, 2015.
Flatiron Building Fort Worth
The Flatiron Building. No, not New York in its early days, but Fort Worth TX! Fort Worth's Flatiron Building was commissioned by local physician Dr.... more
by Joan Carroll
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Flatiron Building Fort Worth
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Joan Carroll
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The Flatiron Building. No, not New York in its early days, but Fort Worth TX! Fort Worth's Flatiron Building was commissioned by local physician Dr. Bacon Saunders, who reserved the top floor for his offices, at a cost of $70,000. The building was to be located on a flatiron shaped corner and was originally known as Saunders' Triangle Building. The facade is divided into a two story base supporting a five story body capped by a heavily ornamented cast iron cornice. The east and west facades are further divided into bays by piers which rise to arches in the top level. The building carries further ornamentation in the form of carved panther heads above the second story and brick lozenges. No doubt the panther heads are due to Fort Worth's nickname of Panther City. A plaque on the building reads: "Known in early 1900s as the tallest building in north Texas. Erected 1907 for the renowned Dr Bacon Saunders, Dean of City Medical College, Chief Surgeon, Nine Railroads; acclaimed as a pioneer of medicine in Texas. Designed by firm of Sanguinet and Staats, distinguished Fort Worth architects, of reinforced concrete over steel frame, this renaissance revival structure was inspired by the wedge-shaped Flatiron Building in New York." The building was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The building is presently undergoing a $4 million renovation under the current owners, Dr. and Mrs. George Cravens. Plans are for the conversion of the building into luxury loft apartments with space for a cafe in the ground floor. It had sat unused for twenty years prior to this. FUN FACT: the man that Fort Worth is named after is buried on a small island of land at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue at the base of the Flatiron Building in New York City.
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