National Register of Historic Places

Butler Place Historic District

Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Listed
August 3, 2011
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
11000514

About this property

Butler Place Historic District is a 42-acre area east of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas. From about 1940 to 2020, it was a public housing development with 412 units. The site is now to be dedicated to a new purpose, perhaps a museum focused on African Americans in Fort Worth's history. Before the housing community was built, the area was known as Chambers Hill. In the 1930s, Chambers Hill was notorious for squalid housing and prostitution. In 1938 the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce lobbied the Public Works Administration to help clear the dilapidated housing in Chambers Hill and replace it with low-rent housing. Financed by local and federal money, Butler Place opened in 1941. When it opened, rents ranged from $15.50 to $16.75 per month. The housing project was named after Henry H. Butler, a Civil War veteran, who settled in Fort Worth after the war and became its first African American teacher. He was a friend of I. M. Terrell, for whom the closest school is named. The housing project was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 2011.

Location

Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
32.75129, -97.31757

Categories

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Sources

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When was Butler Place Historic District listed on the National Register?

Butler Place Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 2011.

What type of historic resource is Butler Place Historic District?

Butler Place Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Butler Place Historic District?

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