Kress Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

Kress Building
Location 604 Main St., Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates 32°45′12″N 97°19′52″W / 32.75333°N 97.33111°W / 32.75333; -97.33111Coordinates: 32°45′12″N 97°19′52″W / 32.75333°N 97.33111°W / 32.75333; -97.33111
Built 1936
Built by W. H. Bowen Construction (of El Paso)
Architect Edward Sibbert
Architectural style Moderne
NRHP Reference # 07000266[1]
Added to NRHP April 4, 2007

Kress Building, also known as S.H. Kress and Co. Building, in Fort Worth, Texas was built in 1936, one of few privately funded buildings built in downtown Fort Worth during the Great Depression. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

It is a four-story Moderne-style building designed by New York architect Edward Sibbert. It served as a S.H. Kress and Company store, until it was closed in 1960.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Susan Allen Kline (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kress Building / S.H. Kress and Co. Building". National Archives. (includes 6 photos from 2006; accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)


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