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Fort Worth Flashback: TCU campus had humble beginnings

Posted Oct. 31, 2011

Photo courtesy of the Fort Worth Library.

Construction of a new home for Texas Christian University transformed an open prairie southwest of downtown into one of the most desirable parts of town in the early part of the 20th century.

Located for a time in Thorp Springs, near Granbury, TCU had moved to Waco in 1896 but lost its home in a February 1910 fire. Several Texas cities competed for the opportunity to provide a new home, with Fort Worth emerging as the winner. Local architects Waller and Field were commissioned to design the new campus.

Fort Worth had provided 50 acres, $200,000 in cash and the promise that streetcar lines and city utilities would be run to the site.

The Fort Worth Library has approximately 10,000 items pertaining to the history of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. These items include city and county government documents, newspapers, directories, cemetery association records, maps as well as popular and scholarly books written by local authors or about local subjects. To learn more, call 817-871-7740 or email the Genealogy, History and Archives Section.

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City Plan Commission Meeting: May 22 2013 1:30PM; Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth Advisory Commission on Ending Homelessness: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Parks & Community Services Advisory Board: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.
Special Called Meeting Community Development Council: May 22 2013 6:15PM; Pre-Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 1000 Throckmorton Street
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Marine Park Aquatic Center Opening: May 25 2013 12:00PM; 303 N.W. 20th Street
Canceled - Pre-Council Work Session: May 28 2013 8:30AM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Canceled - City Council Meeting: May 28 2013 10:00AM; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Audit Committee: May 28 2013 10:00AM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 2nd Floor,1000 Throckmorton St.

City Plan Commission Meeting: May 22 2013 1:30PM; Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Fort Worth Advisory Commission on Ending Homelessness: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Parks & Community Services Advisory Board: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.

Special Called Meeting Community Development Council: May 22 2013 6:15PM; Pre-Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 1000 Throckmorton Street

Meeting of the Coordinating Board of the Fort Worth After School Program: May 23 2013 11:30AM; Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County Conference Room, 1320 S. University, Suite 600

Forest Park Pool Re-Opening: May 25 2013 10:00AM; 2212 Forests Park Blvd.

Marine Park Aquatic Center Opening: May 25 2013 12:00PM; 303 N.W. 20th Street

Canceled - Pre-Council Work Session: May 28 2013 8:30AM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Canceled - City Council Meeting: May 28 2013 10:00AM; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Audit Committee: May 28 2013 10:00AM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 2nd Floor,1000 Throckmorton St.