Garvey-Veihl House - Fort Worth, TX
N 32° 46.115 W 097° 19.857
14S E 656330 N 3626864
The Garvey-Veihl House is at 769 Samuels Ave, Fort Worth, TX. Long neglected, this beautiful Queen Anne home was restored in 2018, and is now used as the office and clubhouse for an upscale apartment complex, Kelley at Samuels Ave.
Waymark Code: WM13725
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2020
Views: 3
The house is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a 1993 Texas Historical Marker provides some history:
Early landowner Baldwin L. Samuel deeded land in this area to his daughter Mary and her husband Isaac Foster in 1876. The Fosters and their daughter Lucy (Lula) and her husband William B. Garvey moved here from Kentucky in 1882 and built a home overlooking the Trinity River on a lot adjacent to this home site. At that time many of the city's wealthiest families were building impressive homes along Samuels Avenue and the bluff of the Trinity River.
The Garveys bought this lot from the Fosters in 1883 and in 1884 built a small 1-story frame residence. By the late 1890s they had enlarged the house to its current 2-story Queen Anne style appearance. The house exhibits hallmark features of the style, including asymmetrical massing, porches, dormers, and beehive turrets.
The house was bequeathed to Baptist Church Charities following the Garveys' deaths in 1915. Merchant Robert C. Veihl and his wife, Lena B. bought the home in 1918. It was maintained by the Veihl family until 1959, but was subsequently abandoned and in 1972 faced condemnation. The house was saved and eventually renovated.
The house is representative of the grand homes that lined Samuels Avenue at the turn of the century.
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The Fort Worth Architecture site (see below) refers to the house as the "Garvey-Viehl-Kelley House" -- it's "Veihl" and not "Viehl" -- and clarifies that the original one-story house, which was out back, and other accompanying buildings are long gone at this point.
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: 1884
Web Address: [Web Link]
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