6421 Camp Bowie Fort Worth
Texas, 1957
Designed by the
Houston architectural firm of MacKie & Kamrath and constructed in 1956-57,
this building was originally home office headquarters for Commercial Standard
Insurance Company. Karl Kamrath of MacKie & Kamrath was heavily influenced
by Frank Lloyd Wright and devoted himself to Wright's usonian style of architecture
after meeting Wright in 1946. "MacKie and Kamrath's buildings were consistently
Wrightian in character; they displayed a predilection for horizontal alignment,
dramatic structural engineering, and finely executed material and ornamental detailing."
from the Handbook
of Texas Online Biography of Fred Kamrath. MacKie
& Kamrath also designed
Congregation Emanu El in Houston. Check out the history section of their web
site for a few pictures of their synagogue.
I will be putting
up more pictures and udating this page over the next few weeks. If you live in
the Dallas Fort Worth area it's worth driving over to take a look at this building
in person. It has been very well preserved.
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on the image for a larger version.
Building Front Entry
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on image for larger version
Rear of building.
I will be putting
up more pictures and udating this page over the next few weeks. If you live in
the Dallas Fort Worth area it's worth driving over to take a look at this building
in person. It has been very well preserved.
Click
on the image for a larger version.
Building Front Entry
Rear of building.
