{"nrhp_refnum":"88002709","name":"Westover Manor","other_names":["Fort Worth Star Telegram 1930 Home Beautiful"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 Westover Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westover Hills","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.742111530000045,"lon":-97.40424803199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-12-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story masonry mansion at 8 Westover Road in Westover Hills, Tarrant County, Texas, built in 1929-30 as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 1930 Home Beautiful, on a 2.6-acre wooded estate with outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the finest houses in North Texas and a rare Texas example of an Anglo-Norman manor house. It was the flagship house used to promote the Westover Hills suburb. It was also the home of oil man John E. Farrell, co-discoverer of the East Texas Oil Field.","narrative":"Westover Manor is a two-story brick and half-timbered mansion at 8 Westover Road in Westover Hills, Texas, designed in a blend of Jacobethan Revival and Norman styles. Built in 1929-30 as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Home Beautiful, it was meant to showcase the Westover Hills development and help sell lots. Architect Victor Marr Curtis and builder A. Clayton Luther gave it a bellcast entrance tower, mixed brick, stone and half-timber facings, and a mottled imitation slate roof. It sold in 1930 to oil man John E. Farrell, who helped discover the East Texas Oil Field and later became the first mayor of Westover Hills. Farrell enlarged the house in 1936; most of that wing was removed in 1969, when compatible rear additions were made. The 2.6-acre grounds keep terraces, a 1935 pool, servants quarters and a dammed pond as contributing features. The nomination cites its role in the suburb's founding, its link to Farrell and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1930, 1936, 1969)","architect_builder":"A. Clayton Luther/Victor Marr Curtis (1930); Joseph R. Pelich (1936); Huppelshueser & Associates (1969)","architectural_style":"Hybrid Jacobethan Revival/Norman style","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; altered by 1936 additions and the 1969 demolition of the south wing and rear additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.406804-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/9734/40973464/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002709.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002709/bb89b655a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002709/bb89b655a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westover.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Westover.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973464","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7989533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/westover-manor-88002709/"}