Fort Worth's Frontier Homestead
Why Save This Building?
Built in the mid-1800s along the Weatherford stagecoach line, the Van Zandt Cottage represents multiple points of significance for Fort Worth’s history:
Believed to be the oldest home on its original site in Fort Worth.
One of the first examples of a public-private partnership to preserve a historic FortWorth site.
A formerly owned residence of early Fort Worth advocate and developer KhleberMiller Van Zandt (1836‒1930), his second wife, Mattie Van Zandt, and their family,who lived here from approximately 1871-1878.
Historically-minded and visionary women first led the charge to save the Cottage as early as 1929. Mrs. Jenny Schuber, Mrs. Ida L. Turner, and Miss Olive Peak petitioned the City of Fort Worth Board of Park Commissioners to acquire the Cottage and surrounding land “in order that the old house may be reconditioned and that the fine old live oak trees may be preserved.” These efforts did not reach fruition until 1936, when the City of Fort Worth acquired the Cottage and more than one hundred acres of the original farm from the Van Zandt Land Company to create grounds for the “Frontier Centennial” commemorating 100 years of glamorized Texas history.
As part of the celebration, the Women's Division of the Texas (Fort Worth) Frontier Centennial worked with renowned architect Joseph Pelich and a budget of $2000 to restore the Van Zandt Cottage.
The building was restored again in 1960 and most recently in 2016 through funds raised by the Van Zandt Cottage Friends, Inc. Given the Cottage’s inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places for the 1936 restoration, its designations as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and City of Fort Worth Historic and Cultural Landmark, and the fact that most of the existing structure dates to 1936, the 21st c. restoration focuses on the 1930s time period as well.
Ownership and Management
The staff of Log Cabin Village, a Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department unit, manages the Cottage, which is under the ownership and care of the City of Fort Worth.
(www.logcabinvillage.org/vanzandtcottage)
By preserving and maintaining the Cottage, the City of Fort Worth underscores its unwavering commitment to safeguarding the past for future generations.
Van Zandt CottageFort Worth's Frontier Homestead
Fort Worth's Frontier Homestead
Why Save This Building?
Built in the mid-1800s along the Weatherford stagecoach line, the Van Zandt Cottage represents multiple points of significance for Fort Worth’s history:
Believed to be the oldest home on its original site in Fort Worth.
One of the first examples of a public-private partnership to preserve a historic FortWorth site.
A formerly owned residence of early Fort Worth advocate and developer KhleberMiller Van Zandt (1836‒1930), his second wife, Mattie Van Zandt, and their family,who lived here from approximately 1871-1878.
Historically-minded and visionary women first led the charge to save the Cottage as early as 1929. Mrs. Jenny Schuber, Mrs. Ida L. Turner, and Miss Olive Peak petitioned the City of Fort Worth Board of Park Commissioners to acquire the Cottage and surrounding land “in order that the old house may be reconditioned and that the fine old live oak trees may be preserved.” These efforts did not reach fruition until 1936, when the City of Fort Worth acquired the Cottage and more than one hundred acres of the original farm from the Van Zandt Land Company to create grounds for the “Frontier Centennial” commemorating 100 years of glamorized Texas history.
As part of the celebration, the Women's Division of the Texas (Fort Worth) Frontier Centennial worked with renowned architect Joseph Pelich and a budget of $2000 to restore the Van Zandt Cottage.
The building was restored again in 1960 and most recently in 2016 through funds raised by the Van Zandt Cottage Friends, Inc. Given the Cottage’s inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places for the 1936 restoration, its designations as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and City of Fort Worth Historic and Cultural Landmark, and the fact that most of the existing structure dates to 1936, the 21st c. restoration focuses on the 1930s time period as well.
Ownership and Management
The staff of Log Cabin Village, a Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department unit, manages the Cottage, which is under the ownership and care of the City of Fort Worth.
(www.logcabinvillage.org/vanzandtcottage)
By preserving and maintaining the Cottage, the City of Fort Worth underscores its unwavering commitment to safeguarding the past for future generations.
Van Zandt Cottage
