City Directory Research

I managed to get some more time at the library to go through a few more city directories and while not much showed up about the Bairds, I did find other residents of the home and possibly the builder.

City Directory 1901-1902

Baird William A., popcorn stand, r. 512 E. 2d. 6

I'm not sure what the 512 E. 2d. 6 is.

Blue George W. (Blue & Penewell), r. 1015 Cactus cor Washington Ave 3.
Blue & Penewell (George W. Blue, Melvin E. Penewell), contg plasterers, 1015 Cactus
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Penewell M. Edgar (Blue & Penewell), plasterer, r. 1306 College ave. 3.

As you can see, George Blue not only lived in the Cactus house around 1901-1902, but also ran a plastering business from the home. If my memory is correct from glancing at the 1899-1900 City Directory, George Blue moved from College Ave over to Cactus, and probably lived nearer to Melvin Penewell before the move.

Yarbrough Frank G., carp, contr, bldr, r. 1319 5th ave. 6.

Frank Yarbrough is interesting to me because F. G. Yarbrough owned the home and sold it to the Blue family. Notes from the previous owner of the Cactus home show that Yarbrough must have built it. The City Directory lists him as a carpenter, contractor, and builder and substantiates that he may have built it.

City Directory 1920

Tuck Elizab (wid. T E), res 1015 Cactus
Tuck Jas O, clk La Beaume & Terrell, h 1015 Cactus

Research from the 1920 Census (I'll post more about this research later) shows the Tuck family lived in the Cactus home at that time. To help validate this, I checked the City Directory and found them. I haven't been able to find any other references to "La Beaume & Terrell". It would be interesting to know what type of business this was.

City Directory 1922

Tuck Jas O, clk La Beaume & Terrell, h 1800 College Ave
Tuck Mary E (wid Thos E), r 1800 College

The next available City Directory from the Fort Worth Library was 1922. Checking it, I found they moved, staying on the same block, to 1800 College. A home must have been there before the gas station that is shown in the 1927 Sanborn Fire Map. Currently, this building is part of Old Home Supply.

If you have a connection to any of the above people or businesses, please contact us. It might help us find an older photograph of this home.