W. T. Waggoner Building - Fort Worth, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

W. T. Waggoner was one of a few Texas ranchers that became wealthy because of the discovery of oil on their property. In 1919, to diversify his investments and just to show that he could, he decided to put some money into building a sixteen story building. A year later, when completed, building was constructed to twenty stories and cost $1,500,000. At 210 feet tall, it was the tallest building in the Southwest at the time.
Designed by the Sanguinet & Staats firm, the building is a Texas version of the Chicago School of style. It was intended to be the ultimate in modern office buildings, with refrigerated water from an on-site artesian well and an elevator.
Info from Fort Worth and Tarrant County, an Historical Guide, Carol Roark, ed., TCU Press, 2003
The building is currently owned by XTO Energy
More info here: [link]

Street address: 810 Houston St Fort Worth, TX United States 76102 County / Borough / Parish: Tarrant County Year listed: 1979 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Office Building Current function: Commerce/Trade, Office Building Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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