Two multifamily buildings that are part of a planned $63 million Historic Southside urban village have received the green light from the city’s Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission.
The commission at its March 9 meeting approved a certificate of appropriateness for the planned buildings at 901 and 909 Evans Ave. at the southeast corner of the intersection with East Terrell Avenue, in the part of the city’s Evans & Rosedale urban village that falls under its purview.
The Royal Capital development firm plans the buildings as part of the transformation plan for its site east of Interstate 35W and north of East Rosedale Street and largely west of Evans.
Lorelei Willett, the city’s historic preservation officer, said elements of the buildings will match the character of the surrounding buildings.
Responding to a question from commission chair Rick Herring, Willett confirmed a historic marker now at the site will be preserved and resituated after construction is complete.
“It’s exciting to see something starting to happen,” Herring said.
WWI gunnery site gets protection
A World War I aerial gunnery target site near Eagle Mountain Lake now has protection as a Highly Significant Endangered property in the city of Fort Worth.
The landmarks commission approved the designation at the March 9 meeting.
This World War I site, part of Camp Taliaferro, later Hicks Field, still has an aircraft-shaped target embedded in the ground. (Courtesy | Benbrook Public Library, Corky Baird)
This site, part of Camp Taliaferro — later Hicks Field — still has an aircraft-shaped target embedded in the ground. “It’s the only one left in the country that we know of,” Willett said during the hearing.
Fort Worth Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission Regular Meeting
Documenter: Ken Garlington
Date: March 9, 2026
To read more about this meeting, click here. A video recording of the commission’s public meeting is available at Fort Worth Television.
Other commission business
Gary DeWayne Allen, a homeowner in the Historic Carver Heights district, wanted to replace the rotting wood window frames at his home with vinyl windows since he could not afford wood windows.
This approach did not meet the historic guidelines for his house, and the city staff recommended denial, also noting Allen could apply for a waiver from the guidelines.
Speaking before the commission, Allen showed pictures of other homes in the neighborhood with similar vinyl windows and emphasized that he had been working with the city for almost a year to try to address the issue.
After hearing from both Allen and city staff, the commission approved Allen’s request to replace the rotted windows with vinyl.
The commission spent some time discussing ways to handle future cases like the one from Carver Heights, where the best solution from a historical preservation standpoint is out of reach for a homeowner due to cost.
Before the vote, the commission discussed various options, including enlisting the assistance of Trinity Habitat for Humanity or developing intermediate options such as allowing aluminum windows in lieu of wood.
The commission also:
Approved a certificate of appropriateness for the city to move forward with renovations and improvements to the Fire Station Community Center at 1601 Lipscomb St.
Approved a certificate of appropriateness for the construction of a multifamily residence at 1227 Verbena St.
Denied without prejudice a certificate of appropriateness for a new garage, accessory building, and shutters to be added to the house at 1112 Elizabeth Blvd. to give the homeowners and staff more time to discuss issues further.
Denied without prejudice a certificate of appropriateness to apply a lime wash protective coating to the historic brick exterior of the house at 2239 6th Ave.
A case involving a transitional parking lot in the Fort Worth Stockyards, was withdrawn before the hearing and is expected to be discussed at a future meeting.
Ken Garlington is a member of the Fort Worth Report Documenters crew. If you believe anything in this account is inaccurate, please email us at news@fortworthreport.org with “Correction Request” in the subject line.
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