Wiley G. Clarkson, Architect
Corsicana: June 1908 to Dec. 1911
Fort Worth: Jan. 1912 to May 5, 1952
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Weatherford, Texas
The I. A. Hall Residence
Box 4 Job 292
131 E. Oak St.
This was designed in the time frame of the Ryan Place and River Crest homes, probably around 1920. The design is similar to many of the homes in these areas of Fort Worth. This home is located a couple of blocks from the Courthouse square, which can be seen in the background of the B&W portfolio photo.
The R. W. (Will) Davis Residence
314 West Oak Street
Box 2 Job 148
According to Parker County Historical, this house was built around 1918. However, according to a letter to a client written in 1914, this house was already built or in the construction phase on May 18, 1914. R. W. Davis was a Weatherford banker and Clarkson was apparently well known to bankers in many towns in Texas. This house was purchased in 1924 by Preston Martin, father of Mary Martin, actress, and grandfather of TV actor Larry Hagman, who played J. R. Ewing on Dallas. Both Mary and Larry grew up in this house.
The D. C. Waller Home
206 South Elm
Box 2 Job 237
Probably built between 1918 to 1922, this house is very close to the I. A. Hall home. It remained a mystery until today (May 10, 2018) when a resident of Weatherford, Loree Leatherman Ellis, was able to tell me about the house, where it is located, and that the present owner is the South Main Church of Christ. The house is now being used as the offices for the Weatherford Christian School. The photo was supplied to me by Loree. Thank you Loree for your help!
The Weatherford High School
Shelf 3 Box 269
This high school several blocks southwest of the courthouse. When the newest high school was built, this building was closed and torn down.
The South Weatherford School
Tin Top Road
Shelf 3 Box 269
This was the South Weatherford School until today (05-10-2018) when I was able to get it confirmed by a person who attended school there in the 1950's. I took this photo circa 2014. The school building was torn down in 2017. In his records, it was listed as the South Weatherford High School. It was a 2nd school building included with the first (the Weatherford High School). This school was a small elementary most of its life and am not sure it was ever used as a high school, although that is how it is described in his files. It was eventually replaced by a much larger building at a different location. The old building has been locked and abandoned and fallen into severe disrepair. The location of the school was on a high hill with a beautiful view!
All Saints Parrish Church
125 South Waco Street
Box 1 Job 308
All Saints Episcopal Church came into existence in July 1875. The present building was completed in 1923. The Church is constructed of triple brick in the typical Gothic architecture style of English churches. Wiley G. Clarkson apparently assigned the drawing of the plans for this building to E. B. Withers, a designer/architect in his firm. Withers worked with my grandfather until sometime in 1928 when Withers decided to start his own architectural business in Fort Worth. Withers would become a leading architect in Fort Worth after leaving the employment of Clarkson. They would work together again in 1939 on Fort Worth's first Federal Public housing project with Clarkson taking the role of Chief Architect and Withers being an Associate Architect.
The First National Bank of Weatherford
Box 1 Job 125
The First National Bank was in this building until a few years ago when a new bank building was built about two blocks west of the square. The address is now 1 Austin Place. It was located after a talk with a long time employee of the bank. According to the Job number, this project was probably done circa 1914.
The following information was recently received. It was two newspaper clippings of the Baker-Poston Company, a dry goods company that had several stores. There was a Poston store in Granbury and one in Mineral Wells. The Weatherford store was the only one known as the Baker, Poston and Company. The building in Weatherford apparently has been torn down for newer construction. Weatherford resident and business woman sent me the clippings, along with telling me she is the owner of the R.W. (Will) Davis home.
