Hotel Texas (Boundary Increase)
a.k.a. Hotel Texas Annex
815 Main & 815 Commerce Sts., Fort Worth, TXThe 1921 Hotel Texas in downtown Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, was listed in the National Register in 1979 under Criterion A in the area of Community Planning and Development and Criterion C in the area of Architecture. Beginning in the early 1960s, Fort Worth city leaders endeavored to establish a convention industry in the city with a new convention center, construction of which began in 1966. Integral to that plan was the transformation of Hotel Texas into a larger "headquarters hotel" for the convention center. Completed in 1970, the hotel modernization and expansion project included a freestanding 230-room, 250,000 square-foot annex to the east, connected to original hotel via a pedestrian bridge across Commerce Street. This nomination amendment extends the boundary of the Hotel Texas to include the annex, which meets Criterion A in the area of Community Planning and Development, for its role as a crucial component of the city's convention center development. The period of significance for the combined hotel and annex is 1921 to 1970. The property meets Criterion Consideration G as an exceptionally significant building that represents an important private-public partnership that served to transform a portion of downtown Fort Worth from a blighted neighborhood (known as "Hell's Half Acre") into a premier convention destination. In March 2014, the National Park Service approved Part 1 of a Federal Preservation Tax Incentives application, concurring that the building is eligible for listing under these criteria.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.