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William G. Newby Memorial Building

Fort Worth, Tarrant County

Marker Text

Herman Frerichs, a cotton exporter from Bremen, Germany, built this house in 1910-1911. He and his family were on vacation in Germany at the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and were not allowed to return to the United States. The U.S. government seized the house under the Alien Property Act and held it until the end of the war. Frerichs sold the property to Mrs. William G. Newby in 1923. She gave it to the Fort Worth Woman's Club in memory of her husband. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967

Marker Details

Address 1316 Pennsylvania Ave.
Location Description The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, N side Pennsylvania Avenue between S. Ballinger and S. Lake streets
Marker # 14114
Dedicated 1967
Size, Type RTHL medallion and plate
Code military topics; World War I topics; German American topics; immigrant topics; women's topics; design and construction
Latitude, Longitude 32.738613, -97.339904

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