Stories & History

Sherman’s Woodmen Circle Home sheltered widows, orphans, and older members for decades. After abandonment, fire, folklore, and demolition, the people who lived there remain the truest history.

Opened in 1933, Fort Worth’s monumental central post office turned an everyday public service into an architectural promise of order, beauty, and connection.

Inside Dallas’s Thanks-Giving Square, a spiral chapel turns gratitude into architecture. Explore its history, mission, and the funding questions shaping its future.

Explore the history, architecture, decline, and uncertain future of the Fort Worth T&P Warehouse beside the railroad tracks.

Sugar Land’s Central Unit grew from plantation agriculture, convict leasing, prison labor, and racial violence. Its history still shapes the land and the choices being made for its…

The surviving Swift & Company employee staircase and Victorian-era wall in the Fort Worth Stockyards have been named among the city’s most endangered historic places. See the photographs, …

Ridgmar Mall was once one of west Fort Worth's busiest gathering places. Now, as the fading mall faces a future as Ridgmar 30 Logistics Crossing, Jonny Goodday photographs…

Built in 1895 and closed for half a century, Chico’s First Christian Church is being asked to carry community memory into a new life.

Explore the Fort Worth Water Gardens’ history and the planned $6.5 million renewal of its pools, fountains, lighting, landscape, and infrastructure.

Inside Museo Benini near Marble Falls, trace Italian-born artist Benini’s life, from his Superroses and layered acrylics to a museum built around his vision.

Explore the Texas Fire Museum in Dallas, where volunteers restore antique engines and preserve the people, tools, and stories of the fire service.

The Mineral Wells tornado brought EF 3 damage, but neighbors, first responders, volunteers, and community leaders came together to begin a long recovery.

Step inside historic Fort Worth Fire Station No. 2 with Lieutenant Brian Call and discover the architecture, traditions, and downtown territory it serves.

Discover how a 1946 Fort Worth grocery store and butcher counter became Kincaid’s Hamburgers through family labor, fresh ingredients, and loyal customers.

Rhome Mill in Texas connects Gold Medal Flour, local history, and the restoration of the Capitol’s Goddess of Liberty in one remarkable landmark.

WTU Power Plant Abilene opened in 1922 and once powered West Texas. Meet the preservationists working to give this landmark a meaningful new life.

Explore the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, its 1929 opening, Spanish Revival architecture, long silence, and restoration toward a planned 2028 return.

Explore Fort Worth’s Marty Leonard Community Chapel, Fay Jones’s luminous masterpiece of brick, mahogany, glass, sacred geometry, and shifting light.

Discover St. Barbara’s Church in Thurber, built in 1892 for a multilingual mining community, moved twice, and preserved as a Texas landmark.

Zim’s of Strawn grew from a 1920s Bankhead Highway stop into a café, bottling works, and motor court. Explore its Texas history and the plan for revival.

Mineral Wells’ Box Factory began as a 1919 Crazy Water Crystals plant, then shifted to paper box making. Explore its working history, design, and living legacy.

Explore the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth, a Spanish Mediterranean landmark on Camp Bowie. History, restoration, and why this 70 foot tower still matters.