Historical Marker
Van Zandt Cottage
Historical marker location:
2900 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth, Texas
( 2900 Crestline Rd., Trinity Park. Marker reported missing Jul. 2006.)
Marker installed: 1962
Built in 1860s on stage road to Weatherford, and for generations a haven to travelers during Trinity River Floods, this was the country home of Khleber Miller Van Zandt (1836-1930), who was know as "Mr. Fort Worth." A Confederate veteran, Major Van Zandt was a merchant, lawyer, banker, railroad builder, State Legislator (1873), opener of frontier lands to settlement, and leader in many civic activities. Structure was restored by the State during Texas Centennial, 1936.