Electric Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

Electric Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Electric Building in 2014
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Location	410 W. 7th St., Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates	32°45′5″N 97°19′58″W / 32.75139°N 97.33278°W / 32.75139; -97.33278Coordinates: 32°45′5″N 97°19′58″W / 32.75139°N 97.33278°W / 32.75139; -97.33278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1927 (1927)
Architect	Wyatt C. Hedrick, et al.
Architectural style	Art Deco, Three-part vertical block
NRHP reference No.	95000048[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1995

The Electric Building is an 18-story Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance styled building located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The building currently houses apartments with the ground floor used for retail stores.^[2]

History[]

Construction on the building began in December 1927. Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick was chosen to design the building. The building also housed the and the Hollywood Theater. In 1929 a six-story annex was constructed on an adjoining lot.

Interfirst Bank purchased the building in 1974. After closing the Hollywood Theater in 1976, it was remodeled as a banking facility.

The building was purchased by Robert Bass in 1984. In 1994 Bass converted the building into an apartment complex.^[2]

In 2009 it was purchased by Atlas Properties, and in 2016 Tradewind Properties of Houston purchased the building from Atlas.^[2]

It was added to the National Register in 1995.^[1]

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas

References[]

External links[]

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• Architecture in Fort Worth: Historic Electric Building

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