Westover Manor
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N 32° 44.512 W 097° 24.261
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This marker summarizes the history of a beautiful old house in a very expensive suburb of Fort Worth.
Waymark Code: WMZ26
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2006
Views: 62
Index Entry: Westover Manor
Address: 8 Westover Rd.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes:
Year Marker Erected: 1988
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: 8 Westover Rd., Westover Hills
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Repairs Completed: N/A
Marker Number: 5771
Marker Text:
Built in 1929-30 as the flagship for development of Westover Hills, this Norman-Jacobethan revival mansion was selected as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper's "Home Beautiful". John E. Farrell (1891-1946), first Mayor of Westover Hills and co-discover of the vast east Texas oil field in 1931, lived here from 1930 until his death. Designed by architect Victor Marr Curtis, the house exhibits picturesque blend of materials, including brick and rough-cut limestone, and features a bell-cast tower roof, Tudor chimneys, half-timbered gables, and vari-shaded roof tile. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1988
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