Stephen F. Austin Elementary School, Historic school building in Fort Worth, Texas
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School is a two-story building at 319 Lipscomb Street in Fort Worth, designed by Messer, Sanguinet and Messer in the Richardsonian Romanesque style popularized by architect Henry Hobson Richardson. A north addition was built in 1909. The building later served as the corporate headquarters of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company.
The building opened in 1892 as the Sixth Ward School, also called the Broadway School, and was designed by the firm Messer, Sanguinet and Messer. It was renamed the Stephen F. Austin Elementary School in 1904, and a north addition followed in 1909. The school closed in 1977.
The school was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style popularized by architect Henry Hobson Richardson, with rough-hewn stone, rounded arches and decorative carvings. The name adopted in 1904 honours Stephen F. Austin, called the "Father of Texas".
The building stands at 319 Lipscomb Street in Fort Worth, on a two-story mass with a north addition from 1909. It is not open as a school or museum, so visitors see it from the sidewalk; the Romanesque stonework and arched openings face the street.
After closing as a school, the building became the headquarters of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company in 1980. This conversion shows how historic school buildings were adapted for modern business use.
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