{"nrhp_refnum":"95000048","name":"Electric Building","other_names":["Fort Worth Power and Light Building","Texas Electric Service C"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"410 W. 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.751468904000035,"lon":-97.33321072599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An 18-story office tower with a 6-story annex containing a theater, at 410 West 7th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, built 1927-1930 under architect Wyatt C. Hedrick for Jesse H. Jones's Fort Worth Properties Corporation.","why_significant":"It is argued to be locally significant under Criterion A in Commerce as a product of Fort Worth's late-1920s building boom and \"Five Year Work Program,\" and as headquarters of Fort Worth Power and Light Co. It is significant under Criterion C in Architecture as a mature 3-part vertical block with Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival detailing by Hedrick.","narrative":"Rising 18 stories at West Seventh and Lamar streets, this Fort Worth office tower was built between 1927 and 1929, with a 6-story annex and theater added in 1929-30. Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick designed it for Houston financier Jesse H. Jones, combining Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival detailing in a column-like composition of base, shaft and capital. Granite and cut stone clad the lower floors, buff brick covers the middle, and geometric stonework crowns the top. Alfred C. Finn designed the interior of the Hollywood Theater in the annex. The building was a product of Fort Worth's late-1920s growth, driven by the Five Year Work Program, and served as headquarters of Fort Worth Power and Light Co., later part of Texas Electric Service Company. The theater closed and the interior was remodeled as a bank in 1979, and some storefront windows were replaced in the 1970s, but the exterior largely survives. The building is now vacant, with mixed-use renovation planned.","period_of_significance":"1927-1945","architect_builder":"Hedrick, Wyatt C. (architect); L.E. Myers Co. (contractor); Finn, Alfred C. (theater architect); R.F. Hill Construction Company (theater contractor)","architectural_style":"Other: 3-part vertical block; Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant; plans call for renovation into mixed-use development with housing, retail and office space.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.8499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/9734/40973496/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000048/f47b6a70e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000048/f47b6a70e8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mark Fisher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0011Electric_Building_SW_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:0011Electric_Building_SW_Fort_Worth_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Building_(Fort_Worth,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1325835"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/electric-building-95000048/"}