Flatiron Building
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
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Known in early 1900s as the tallest building in North Texas. Erected 1907 for the renowned Dr. Bacon Saunders, Dean of City Medical College; Chief Surgeon, nine railroads; acclaimed as a pioneer of medicine in Texas. Designed by firm of Sanguinet and Staats, distinguished Fort Worth architects. Of reinforced concrete over steel frame, this Renaissance Revival structure was inspired by the wedge-shaped Flatiron Building in New York. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
When it rose in 1907, this wedge-shaped tower was hailed as the tallest building in North Texas—a Fort Worth echo of New York's famous Flatiron. Built for the pioneering surgeon Dr. Bacon Saunders and designed by the noted firm Sanguinet and Staats, its reinforced concrete over a steel frame marked the city's arrival as a modern place.
Why it matters
Early skyscrapers like this announced the ambitions of booming turn-of-the-century cities and the engineering advances that made their skylines possible.
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