M. A. Benton House, Victorian residence in Fort Worth, Texas

The M. A. Benton House is a one-and-a-half-story cypress cottage with an asymmetrical floor plan, six rooms around a central hall, tiled fireplaces, fine spindle work, cross gables over a hipped roof and a cutaway window. A fence has enclosed the four-lot corner at 1730 Sixth Avenue since the house was first built.

Built in 1898 by a Kansas City builder for tobacco merchant Meredith A. Benton and his wife Ella Belle, the house stands among Fort Worth's oldest residences. It received recognition as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1971 and was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The house is named for Meredith A. Benton, a tobacco seller who owned it with his wife Ella Belle. She lived here alone much of the time while he worked as an active civic figure, and she helped start the Rose Gardens, now part of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, and a public kindergarten program. A Texas Historical Marker stands at the site.

The property remains in private family ownership today, continuously maintained by Benton descendants. As an active family residence, visitors can view it from the street and appreciate its architectural features from outside.

The house is the subject of a painting by Sweetie Ladd, nicknamed "Texas's Grandma Moses", and a Texas Historical Marker stands on the grounds. The original 1898 outbuildings included a barn with a hayloft and a two-room servants' house, the latter converted into a garage in 1937.