Marine Commercial Historic District

Two blocks of North Main Street in Fort Worth, between North Side Drive and North 14th Street, make up a district of mostly one- and two-story brick commercial buildings. They were built mainly between 1906 and 1946 in Commercial, Moderne and Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The street follows Nathan Barrett's 1888 plan for North Fort Worth, which aligned a boulevard with the Tarrant County Courthouse and gave some buildings angled walls and wedge-shaped lots. The district served the historic community of Marine, and the streetcar line to the stockyards helped businesses near the Central Avenue intersection. Early buildings sat close to the street, while later ones were set back for parking. The district also includes the Fort Worth Laundry and Dry Cleaners complex, founded in 1927, with its boiler house and warehouse. Twenty-five resources contribute to its character, among them the 1918 Hickman and Clark building and the 1926 corner commercial block at Central Avenue.