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Spanning Exchange Avenue, this gateway to the Fort Worth Stock Yard was completed in 1910. Constructed by the Topeka Bridge & Land Co. for the Fort Worth Stock Yards Co., it was a significant feat of concrete work for that era. The columns are 22 feet high and 13 feet in circumference. The sign is 36 feet long and 4 feet high. The entrance is a significant landmark in this historic area of Fort Worth. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1985.
Fort Worth Stock Yards Exchange is a historical marker in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7889, -97.3485 near Fort Worth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thannisch Block Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Saunders, Thomas B., Family, Coliseum, and Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439002033. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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