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Marker Text: ​Known in early 1900s as the tallest building in North Texas. Erected 1907 for the renowned Dr. Bacon Saunders, Dean of City Medical College; Chief Surgeon, nine railroads; acclaimed as a pioneer of medicine in Texas.
           Designed by firm of Sanguinet and Staats, distinguished Fort Worth architects of reinforced concrete over steel frame, this Renaissance Revival structure was inspired by the wedge-shaped Flatiron Building in New York. (1970)

Marker No: 1910

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 32.752625, -97.329796

Location: 1000 Houston Street, Fort Worth