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Fort Worth's Arlington Heights
Juliet George
Images of America Series
Arcadia Publishing
August 2010
On Sale: August 9, 2010
128 pages
ISBN: 0738578932
EAN: 9780738578934
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On the prairie west of Fort Worth, British-born Humphrey
Barker Chamberlin commissioned a model mansion, grand hotel,
trolley line, lake, and waterworks in the early 1890s. He
launched Chamberlin Arlington Heights as an opulent suburb
reminiscent of his Capitol Hill enclave in Denver, then lost
his overextended empire in the silver panic of 1893.
Although several more well-to-do families established homes
near those of the original "Heights pioneers," development
progressed slowly. With the coming of World War I, local
leaders persuaded the U.S. Army to build Camp Bowie across
much of the sparsely settled area, providing infrastructure.
A bungalow boom followed, with housing additions for the
middle class and annexation by Fort Worth. As the 20th
century drew to a close, preservationists sought protection
for the legacy of built treasures within the neighborhood.
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