Fort Worth Heritage Trails - Texas Christian University - Fort Worth, TX
N 32° 45.448 W 097° 19.957
14S E 656194 N 3625629
Fort Worth Heritage Trails sign providing information about Fort Worth's role in the origins and history of Texas Christian University.
Waymark Code: WMJBHD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2013
Views: 6
This sign is located near the southeast corner of the Tarrant County Courthouse at Commerce and Weatherford Streets. It says:
Texas Christian University and Fort Worth’s partnership dates to 1910, although the connection began in 1869 when Ida, Addison, and Randolph Clark established TCU’s forerunner academy in the area known as Hell’s Half Acre. The rowdiness of the area persuaded the Clarks to relocate their school to the country.
So began the moves and changes that led TCU to Thorp Spring, Waco and back to Fort Worth in 1910, after fire destroyed the main building on the Waco campus.
The Fort Worth Board of Trade, an antecedent of the Chamber of Commerce, the Fairmount Land Company, and the city’s Christian churches offered 50 acres, $200,000 and promises of utilities and a street car line, outbidding Waco and Dallas. Until facilities were constructed on "The Hill" — site of the present campus — in 1911, TCU leased space downtown in Ingram Flats, a series of two-story brick buildings at Weatherford and Commerce streets.
Sponsored by Texas Christian University
Heritage Trails 2006
Group that erected the marker: Fort Worth Heritage Trails/City of Fort Worth
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
100 E Weatherford
Fort Worth, TX USA
76102
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