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The Woman’s Club of Fort Worth, a 501(c)(3) charity, is a member-owned educational organization founded in 1923. The organization resides in four buildings covering 2.2 acres off Pennsylvania Ave. The buildings were built between 1903 and 1911 and The Woman’s Club acquired the buildings between 1923 and 1954. Landscape architects included Hare and Hare of Kansas City, Missouri and Carter and Burgess of Fort Worth.
The buildings are landmarked at the local, state and federal levels – Cultural Landmark of the City of Fort Worth, Texas Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places – and qualify for the state’s tax credit program. Members pay less than $50 per month in dues and have access to programming in the arts, literature, history, science, fine arts and other areas of personal and professional development. The club is currently running a membership drive to help cover the maintenance and operating costs for the buildings. The club has mounting maintenance needs it can’t meet under its current operating budget and investment earnings, putting it on the Endangered Places list.