{"nrhp_refnum":"78002983","name":"Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lancaster and Throckmorton Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.74596635300006,"lon":-97.32963120974688,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad terminal complex at Lancaster and Throckmorton Streets in Fort Worth, Texas, built 1928-1930 to designs by Wyatt C. Hedrick. It includes a thirteen-story passenger station and office building, an express building and commissary, and inbound and outbound freight buildings.","why_significant":"The complex is an architectural landmark marking the south edge of downtown Fort Worth and a major example of Art Deco design. It reflects the Texas and Pacific Railroad's role in sustaining the livestock, oil and other economic growth of the Southwest. The railroad's roughly $13 million building programme is credited with encouraging Fort Worth's prosperity and population growth.","narrative":"Rising above the southern edge of downtown Fort Worth, this railroad complex at Lancaster and Throckmorton Streets was built between 1928 and 1930 for the Texas and Pacific Railway. Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick designed a thirteen-story passenger station and office tower with corner towers, a granite and limestone base, and brick upper floors. Beside it stand an express building and commissary, an eight-story inbound freight warehouse, and an outbound freight building. Geometric and plant-motif ornament, carved limestone, gold-leaf plaster ceilings and marble finishes show the Art Deco style then called Modernistic. The complex was part of a $13 million railroad investment in Fort Worth, supported by local civic groups, and it served the city's cattle and oil economy. Passenger traffic peaked during World War II, then declined as air travel grew, and service ended in the 1960s. Few passenger terminals were combined with a skyscraper office building in this way.","period_of_significance":"1928-1930","architect_builder":"Wyatt C. Hedrick","architectural_style":"Art Deco (described at the time as Modern or Modernistic)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition; the form says the passenger terminal closed and tenants began leaving after railroad service ended in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.594677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/9734/40973437/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002983/80c00e80ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002983/80c00e80ce-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"The University of Houston Digital Library","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_and_Pacific_Passenger_Station,_Fort_Worth,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The University of Houston Digital Library</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_and_Pacific_Passenger_Station,_Fort_Worth,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973437","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117081140"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/texas-and-pacific-terminal-complex-78002983/"}