{"nrhp_refnum":"79003009","name":"Eddleman-McFarland House","other_names":["McFarland Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1110 Penn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.74722133900008,"lon":-97.34276719199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian residence at 1110 Penn Street in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, built in 1899 of pressed brick, sandstone and marble, and designed by architect Howard Messer.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the best examples of late Victorian architecture in Texas, with Jacobethan motifs. It is one of three surviving \"cattle baron\" homes from the Quality Hill neighborhood and the best preserved and least altered of them. It was occupied by only two families, tied to Galveston and Fort Worth banking and cattle interests.","narrative":"Built in 1899 at 1110 Penn Street in Fort Worth, this two-story Victorian house is faced in tan pressed brick with a rusticated sandstone base, sandstone quoins and a slate roof with copper finials and flashings. A wraparound porch with Corinthian columns and a marble floor curves around the southeast corner. Inside, the first floor retains inlaid parquet floors, coffered wooden ceilings and carved oak and mahogany woodwork. Architect Howard Messer designed it for Frank M. Ball and his mother Sarah, widow of a Galveston banker. After her death in 1904 it passed to Weatherford banker William Harrison Eddleman, whose daughter Carrie Eddleman McFarland lived there until 1978. The house is one of three surviving cattle baron mansions from Fort Worth's Quality Hill district and the best preserved. Its architecture and its link to the city's cattle-era wealth led to its listing. The Junior League planned to open the first floor as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Howard Messer, architect","architectural_style":"Late Victorian with Jacobethan motifs","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied at the time of nomination; the Junior League of Fort Worth had purchased it and planned to use the first floor as a museum and the second floor for offices. Interior and exterior described as in excellent condition apart from weathering of the sandstone trim.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.437324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9734/40973454/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003009.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003009/a37cfa6333-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003009/a37cfa6333-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mark Fisher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0011Eddleman_McFarland_House_SE_Fort_Worth_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Fisher</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0011Eddleman_McFarland_House_SE_Fort_Worth_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973454","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddleman%E2%80%93McFarland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5336616"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/eddleman-mcfarland-house-79003009/"}