Fort Worth Stockyards
|
Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District
|
|
| File:0011Fort Worth Stockyards Exchange Ave E Texas.jpg | |
|
Entrance to Fort Worth Stockyards, 2012
|
|
 |
|
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 98 acres (40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival, Spanish Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 76002067[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 29, 1976 |
The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, north of the central business district. The 98-acre (40 ha) district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in 1976.[1] They are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866.[2]
History
The arrival of railroads in 1876 made the area a very important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for business on January 19, 1890, covering 206 acres. On February 7, the Fort Worth Dressed Meat and Packing Company was founded. This facility was operated without profit until purchased by G. W. Simpson of Boston. In an effort to produce revenue, they reached out to the Swift and Armour companies to establish packing houses. By 1886, four stockyards had been built near the railroads. Boston capitalist Greenleif W. Simpson, with a half dozen Boston and Chicago associates, incorporated the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company on March 23, 1893, and purchased the Union Stock Yards and the Fort Worth Packing Company. The Stockyards experienced early success. By 1907, the Stockyards sold a million cattle per year. The stockyards was an organized place where cattle, sheep, and hogs could be bought, sold and slaughtered. Fort Worth remained an important part of the cattle industry until the 1950s. Business suffered due to livestock auctions held closer to the where the livestock were originally produced.[3]
Today
The Fort Worth Stockyards now celebrates Fort Worth's long tradition as a part of the cattle industry and was listed on the National Register as a historical district in 1976. The listing included 46 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure.[1]
The Stockyards consist of mainly entertainment and shopping venues that capitalize on the "Cowtown" image of Fort Worth. Home to the famous boot making company M.L. Leddy's which is located in the heart of the Stockyards and The Maverick Fine Western Wear and Saloon where customers "can 'belly up' to the bar, relax and have a cold beer while in the Stockyards; just like they did in the days of the big cattle drives", as they shop around the store.[4] The city of Fort Worth is often referred to as "Where the West Begins."[3] Many bars and nightclubs (including Billy Bob's Texas) are located in the vicinity, and the area has a Western motif. There is also an opry and a rodeo. The Fort Worth Stockyards are the last standing stockyards in the United States. Some volunteers still run the cattle drives through the stockyards, a practice developed in the late 19th century by the frontiersman Charles "Buffalo" Jones, who herded buffalo calves through the streets of Garden City, Kansas.[5]
On April 1, 2011, the Fort Worth Stockyards Stables were remodeled and reopened. They are located next door to the Hyatt hotel in an original Historic Stockyards building that was built in 1912. These stables offer full care boarding, overnight boarding, hourly boarding, horse rentals on the open trails of the Trinity River and carriage rides. Boarders can ride their horses all around the Historic Stockyards.
Gallery
-
Stockyards4.JPG
-
Stockyards3.JPG
-
Stock yards of north Fort Worth, Texas.jpg
Stock yards, north Fort Worth, Texas (postcard, circa 1900–1908)
See also
- List of Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas
- Grapevine Vintage Railroad
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.fortworthstockyards.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.maverickwesternwear.com
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]. |
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Fort Worth Stockyards from the Handbook of Texas Online
| Topics | |
|---|---|
| Lists by state |
|
| Lists by insular areas | |
| Lists by associated state | |
| Other areas | |
| Related | |
- Pages with broken file links
- Use mdy dates from April 2012
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas
- History of Fort Worth, Texas
- Economy of Fort Worth, Texas
- American Old West
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas
- Visitor attractions in Tarrant County, Texas
- Mission Revival architecture in Texas
- Spanish Revival architecture in the United States
- Meat processing in the United States
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places
