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Fort Worth's Flat Iron Building Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2005

Carl Staats had worked with J. Riley Gordonin the 1890s.1891 to 1898 to be exact. Staats joined forces with Marshall R. Sanguinet right around the turn of the century in Fort Worth and they opened a branch office in Houstonin1903. The building was commissioned by Dr. Bacon Saunders to be a professional building. It was doubtlessly influenced by the 20 story, 1902 New York City Flat Iron which Dr. Bacon had seen while visiting there. What else are you going to do with a triangular piece of land? The cost of the building was $70,000. Saunders was a Surgeon and a Dean of the Fort Worth Medical College. He had a laboratory built on the top floor, with a pharmacy on the ground floor. Beautifully detailed panther heads are incorporated into the design above the second floor. The building had been vacant for over 20 years before its recent restoration. It is listed in the _National Register of Historic Places_and is also a Texas Historic Landmark. NYC Flat Iron Trivia > _From the Texas Escapes Garden of Useless Knowledge_� John Troesser	TE photo, 1999
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Carl Staats had worked with J. Riley Gordonin the 1890s.1891 to 1898 to be exact. Staats joined forces with Marshall R. Sanguinet right around the turn of the century in Fort Worth and they opened a branch office in Houstonin1903. The building was commissioned by Dr. Bacon Saunders to be a professional building. It was doubtlessly influenced by the 20 story, 1902 New York City Flat Iron which Dr. Bacon had seen while visiting there. What else are you going to do with a triangular piece of land? The cost of the building was $70,000. Saunders was a Surgeon and a Dean of the Fort Worth Medical College. He had a laboratory built on the top floor, with a pharmacy on the ground floor. Beautifully detailed panther heads are incorporated into the design above the second floor. The building had been vacant for over 20 years before its recent restoration. It is listed in the _National Register of Historic Places_and is also a Texas Historic Landmark. NYC Flat Iron Trivia > _From the Texas Escapes Garden of Useless Knowledge_� John Troesser

TE photo, 1999

Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

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