B. D. and Margaret Kennedy House
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This post-mounted subject marker stands in the front right corner of the front yard of the house on 5th Avenue in the Fairmount Historic District in Fort Worth.
Waymark Code: WM1C1KR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2025
Views: 3
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
The Marker Dedication Ceremony for this marker was held May 17, 2025 at 2 PM.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Address 1312 5th Ave.
City Fort Worth
County Tarrant
Marker Year 2023
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location 1312 5th Ave.
Private Property No
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 23961
Marker Text:
The earliest owners of this home built in 1910 in the Fields-Welsh Addition were Barney de Jurnett and wife Margaret (Wilson) Kennedy. The couple rented the property to John Benjamin Helton and lived next door at 1316 5th Ave. Family lore conveys that a stranger knocked on their door one night, offering to purchase the 1316 property. The two parties agreed, and the Kennedy family sold 1316 and moved into 1312. The Kennedys raised several generations in the home, selling it in 1963 to William Pike and Mattie Ethel James. The home was built in the style of a vernacular hipped-roof bungalow with a wide wrap-around porch, round wooden columns, 6/1 windows with diamond topped panes and numerous interior pocket doors.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2023
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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