Near Southeast Historic District

Located about a mile southeast of downtown Fort Worth, this neighborhood of roughly 15 full blocks and parts of 10 others preserves the core of the city's historic premier African American community. Most of its 227 resources are single-family houses built between 1900 and 1930, with a few multiple-family dwellings, churches and commercial buildings. Over half are Bungalow/Craftsman homes, alongside National Folk, Folk Victorian and Tudor Revival examples. Streetcar lines extended south in the early 1900s and drew residential growth. The area began as a mostly white neighborhood and shifted to a mostly African American one between about 1890 and 1926. Banker and educator William Madison McDonald encouraged this change by buying large tracts near East Terrell Avenue and East Humbolt Street from about 1910 and offering to finance homes there. Of the 227 resources, 162 contribute to the district's character, and most of those keep their original design and materials.