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{{short description|Historic district in Texas, United States}}
{{Orphan|date=July 2016}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
 
{{NRIS-only|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Central Handley Historical District
| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes
| image = Handley1 (1 of 1).jpg
| caption = E. Lancaster Ave. commercial row in 2016
| location = Roughly bounded by E. Lancaster Ave., Forest Ave., Kerr St., and Handley Dr., [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| coordinates = {{coord|32|43|58|N|97|13|8|W|display=inline,title}}
| lat_degrees = 32
| lat_minutes = 45
| lat_seconds = 32
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 97
| long_minutes = 19
| long_seconds = 38
| long_direction = W
| coord_display = inline,title
| locmapin = Texas#USA
| map_label = Central Handley Historic District
| locmap_relief = yes
| built = {{Start date|1946}}
| architecture =
| addedarchitect = B.B. Adams, et.al.
| architecture = Early [[Chicago school (architecture)|Commercial]], Late [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]]
| area =
It was | added to the National Register in= January 17, 2002.▼
| area = {{convert|3|acre}}
| refnum = 01001472<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a2013a}}</ref>
}}
 
The '''Central Handley Historic District''' is located seven miles east of downtownin [[Handley, Fort Worth, Texas]]., seven miles east of downtown. The district iswas norththe commercial center of the Texasunincorporated &small Pacifictown railroadof whichHandley borders(ca. the1910 southernto boundary1951) ofwhich was subsequently annexed into the district.city of [[Fort HandleyWorth, Texas]] in 1946.
was platted by the Texas & Pacific Railway in 1885. It was named for James Madison Handley, a Georgia native and veteran of the U.S. Civil War.▼
 
Platted in 1885 by the Texas & Pacific Railway, the growth of the town was influenced by the presence of the railroad and the arrival of the [[Northern Texas Traction Company]]’s Interurban streetcar system operating between Fort Worth and Dallas in 1902.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fortworthtexasarchives.org/digital/collection/p16084coll27|title=CONTENTdm}}</ref> As the location of the traction company's power plant and car barns, the town became home to employees of both the Northern Texas Traction Company and the T&P.
▲It was added to the National Register in January 17, 2002.
 
The Central Handley Historic District was oriented on the north side of the railway reservation with the depot located along the southern border of the district. The businesses within the district served not only the local residents and area farmers but the commuters who traveled on the railroad and the Interurban.<ref>https://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/preserve/survey/highway/Central%20Handley%20Historic%20District%20Ft%20Worth.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
== Photo gallery ==▼
 
▲was platted by the Texas & Pacific Railway in 1885. It was named for James Madison Handley, a Georgia native and veteran of the U.S. Civil War.
 
It was added to the National Register on January 17, 2002.
 
▲== Photo gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[{{Portal|National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, |Texas]]}}
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
 
{{National Register of Historic Places in Texas}}
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