{"id":983,"date":"2025-09-12T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/?p=983"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T00:17:00","slug":"emma-lucore-follow-up-visiting-the-old-locations-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/12\/emma-lucore-follow-up-visiting-the-old-locations-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Lucore follow up: Visiting the old locations in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n\r\nEmma Lucore's first Fort Worth studios were at 109 E 3rd Street, next door to the original Fort Worth Opera House, and at 808 Main Street, one block north of husband Bassett's wood and coal yard. Both these original studio locations are still in use today by active businesses. I paid a few visits to the area to get a look at the sites as they stand in the 21st century. On one of my visits, I was accompanied by a friend.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"1889<\/a>\r\n
\r\nDetail of 1889 Sanborn insurance map, recording the Fort Worth Opera House and photo studio next door\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"1889<\/a>\r\n
\r\nDetail of 1889 Sanborn fire insurance map, recording the photo studio near Main and 8th Street\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

\r\nThe opera house, which once stood at the corner of 3rd and Rusk (present-day Commerce St), was abandoned in 1908. The space next door, once occupied by the Lucore & Ward photography studio, is now the site of the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, located inside the historic Knights of Pythias building which was erected in 1901. On the day we visited, there was a private event taking place on the inside.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\"Engraving\r\n
\r\nThe opera house, circa 1907\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"109\r\n
\r\n109 E 3rd in 2025, the Knights of Pythias Hall building\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"109\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

\r\nThe Main Street studio, possibly operated concurrently with or immediately after the one on 3rd Street, occupied the location where today the Little Red Wasp Kitchen & Bar sits. On the inside is a moderately priced bar with a full drink menu. It's doubtful that either the owner(s) or employees are aware of the site's historical significance.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\"808\r\n
\r\n808 Main Street in 2025\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"808\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"Me\r\n
\r\nInside 808 Main Street at the Little Red Wasp Kitchen & Bar, having an iced tea\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

\r\nOne block south of the Main Street studio stood B.J. Lucore's wood and coal yard at 916 Main. Today the location is mostly empty, but the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/i> in October 1922 was aware enough of its former significance to run an old photo of the yard as it appeared in 1890. \r\n\r\n

\r\n\"B.J.\r\n
\r\nThe Lucore yard as pictured in 1890 (Public domain)<\/i>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"Location\r\n
\r\nLocation of the Lucore yard as seen in 2025\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

\r\nEmma Lucore's third and final Fort Worth studio stood near the intersection of Throckmorton and W. 9th, two blocks to the west of Main Street and two blocks away from the old post office which stood at Jennings Avenue and 11th Street. Exactly where is hard to determine; below is the general area as it appears in 2025, facing toward the south.\r\n\r\n

\r\n\"Facing\r\n
\r\nAbout two blocks south of the Throckmorton studio, facing toward the north
\r\n(Courtesy of the Fort Worth History Center, Fort Worth Public Library. Historic Photograph Collection, A-0006)<\/i>\r\n\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\"Southwest\r\n
\r\nFacing toward the southwest corner of Throckmorton and 9th in 2025\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nAll original material on this page is © 2025 Peter Orozco (all rights reserved) except the following:
\r\n
\r\nPhotos of the author taken by Alex Pogosov with subsequent editing by Peter Orozco.
\r\nSanborn fire insurance maps are in the public domain.
\r\nEngraving of Greenwalt's Opera House is from Greater Fort Worth: The Gateway to the Great State of Texas<\/i> by A. Owen Jennings, published in 1907, and is in the public domain.
\r\nPhoto of the Lucore yard is in the public domain, originally appearing in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/i> on October 4, 1922.
\r\nPhoto of Jennings Avenue and 11th Street (\"About two blocks south of the Throckmorton studio, facing toward the north\")<\/i> is courtesy of the Fort Worth History Center, Fort Worth Public Library Collection, and is used with permission.
\r\nOther photos are by the author, with all rights reserved.\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Lucore's first Fort Worth studios were at 109 E 3rd Street, next door to the original Fort Worth Opera House, and at 808 Main Street, one block north of husband Bassett's wood and coal yard. Both these original studio locations are still in use today by active businesses. 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