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 Westbrook Estate Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 43.227 W 097° 21.562
14S E 653751 N 3621487
This post-mounted subject marker stands in the corner of the front yard of the house, on the far side of the driveway, on Winton Terrace West in Fort Worth.
Waymark Code: WMR23C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2016
Views: 2
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Commission
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry Westbrook Estate
Address 2232 Winton Terrace West
City Fort Worth
County Tarrant
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 653760
UTM Northing 3621500
Subject Codes
Year Marker Erected 2009
Designations Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 15766
Marker Text:
The Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House is a 2 1/2 story Tudor Revival style home constructed in 1928. The house sits on a 1.5 acre blufftop site in the Park Hill neighborhood that overlooks the Fort Worth Zoo and Forest Park. The Park Hill neighborhood was designed by the noted Kansas City, Missouri, landscape architecture firm of Hare and Hare. The home was designed by prominent Fort Worth architect Joseph L. Pelich, whose residential designs were mostly based on period revival styles. His work can be found throughout Fort Worth's oldest neighborhoods. Pelich also designed the original Casa Manana outdoor theater in Fort Worth.
The home has multiple gables and a steeply pitched, slate covered cross-gabled roof. Side gables are decorated with hand-hewn and pegged half-timbering. Other notable features include an arcaded recessed portico, brick battlements, tall brick chimneys with chimney pots, and multiple-light double-hung and diamond-pattern casement windows. The home's interior includes stained and leaded glass windows, ornate wrought iron work, three marble and plaster fireplaces, a tile fountain and plaster coffered ceilings. The grounds and associated landscape features include a three-car garage at the basement level, low brick walls, a stone grotto, a concrete terrace and a swimming pool with a diving tower.
Roy A. Westbrook made his fortune in the Hendrick Oilfield in central Winkler County. Westbrook was a founding member of the Fort Worth Petroleum Club and also served as president and director of the Fort Worth Cats Baseball Club.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2009
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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