Stonegate mansion

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The Stonegate Mansion, is located at the edge of the Stonegate neighborhood in Fort Worth, TX near the Texas Christian University campus on a hill overlooking downtown Fort Worth. Built by billionaire oilman Cullen Davis, the mansion, once a private home, has been a restaurant, a church and most recently has been renovated to become an event facility used for weddings, parties, meetings and charitable events. With its unique angular architecture it is one of the most distinctive buildings in Fort Worth.

The Stonegate Mansion also serves as an art gallery for local and regional artists, holding it's first event as member of the Fort Worth Art Dealer's Association on on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

[edit] History

The Stonegate neighborhood is part of the 1854 Samuel C. Inman Survey. The area is bordered on the north by the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, on the east and south by the Tanglewood neighborhood and the west by Hulen Street.

An original owner of the 304 acres was Matilda F. Burford. The records show that Mrs. Burford owned the Stonegate property in 1918. A house and barns were built on the property in 1925.

In 1927, 10.24 acres were sold to the T & P Railroad, along the northern edge of the area, by the river. And in 1940 the present day Stonegate property was sold in judgment to Kenneth W. Davis. In 1968 the ownership transferred to Kenneth W. Davis, Jr., Thomas Cullen Davis and William S. Davis. Cullen Davis built the mansion, the centerpiece of the property, in 1972.