Wharton-Scott House, Colonial Revival mansion in Fort Worth, United States.
The Wharton-Scott House, also called Thistle Hill, is a two-and-a-half-story red brick mansion at 1509 Pennsylvania Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. Sanguinet & Staats designed it in the Georgian Revival style, with a green tiled roof, cast stone trim, a portico of four pale round columns, and a curved gable with a circular medallion. Projecting bays on each side use semi-circular elements.
The house was built between 1903 and 1904 for Electra Waggoner and Albert Buck Wharton, two well-known names in Fort Worth society. In 1911 it passed to cattle baron Winfield Scott, whose name has been linked to the property ever since.
The house is also called Thistle Hill, a name tied to its later use rather than to the Waggoner family who built it. Since 2006 Historic Fort Worth, Inc. has held the property and continued its restoration, and the house is still rented for weddings and receptions. The brick walls and ornamental iron fencing along Pennsylvania Avenue mark the grounds.
The house is rented for weddings and receptions, so the building and grounds may be closed to general visitors when a private event is booked. Check with Historic Fort Worth, Inc. before travelling to 1509 Pennsylvania Avenue, since access depends on the day's bookings.
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which means its original fabric is protected and major exterior changes are regulated. The carriage house on the grounds is one of the few surviving outbuildings of its type from that period still standing in Fort Worth.
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