Design Guidelines for the Fairmount/Southside Historic District, Fort Worth, Texas

From introduction: "This guide has been compiled for the residents and property owners in the Fairmount/Southside Historic District. Preservation, restoration and adaptive reuse of old structures makes sense aesthetically, environmentally, and economically. Restoration is often less expensive than demolition or new construction. We hope this guide will aid current residents and property owners in restoring and maintaining the exterior of their property. In addition, we hope that anyone interested in buying property in Fairmount/Southside will find this guide helpful in deciding to become part of our neighborhood where we are “Preserving the Past and Planning the Future.” The Fairmount/Southside Historic District is a remarkably intact neighborhood, representative of the early twentieth-century streetcar suburb, with a diversity of house forms and related institutional and commercial properties. Fairmount/Southside is situated on the near south side of Fort Worth, approximately two miles south of downtown. Boundaries of the area form a rectangle of about 375 acres (or 0.6 square mile). Fairmount was developed as a middle class residential area between 1885 and 1940 with the largest concentration of houses dating from 1905 to 1920. The predominant structure is the single-family residence, with wood frame bungalows being the most common configuration. Variations on the Four Square form are scattered throughout the District. Fairmount/Southside’s grandest homes are concentrated in the eastern sections of the District and reflect a variety of stylistic influences. Growth in the district generally reflected proximity to downtown and transportation routes. The streets were established on a grid with elongated blocks running north and south bisected by alleyways. Streetcar lines ran along Magnolia, Fairmount, College and Hemphill Streets, defining growth patterns and areas of commercial development." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Texas State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Design Guidelines for the Fairmount/Southside Historic District, Fort Worth, Texas

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