Flatiron Building
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N 32° 45.058 W 097° 19.797
14S E 656455 N 3624913
This marker, consisting of a medallion on each long wall, and a plate on the shortest wall (the "point") summarizes the history of the only remaining flatiron building in Texas, while paying tribute to the medical pioneer for whom it was built.
Waymark Code: WM394H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2008
Views: 29
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Flatiron Building
Address: 1000 Houston St.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: BC; DC; SR
Year Marker Erected: 1970
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: 1000 Houston St., Fort Worth
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 1910
Marker Text:
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.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970.
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