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Sesquicentennial
One, in a series of stones celebrating
the city’s 150th anniversary
The Woman’s Wednesday Club gathers early in the century at the Metropolitan Hotel, which in
its heyday played host to the creme de la creme of Fort Worth society. The 3-story, red-brick Met-
ropolitan was built in 1898, and extensive renovations and additions were completed in 1905. The
Woman’s Wednesday Club was organized Feb. 11,1889, in the home of a prominent Fort Worth
resident, Mrs. John F. Swayne, whose husband was an attorney and Tarrant County clerk, at 503 E.
First St. Thirteen women formed the club, which was dedicated to the study of literature. The Fort
Worth Gazette of June 6,1889, said the club was made up “of thirty of the most distinguished,
intellectual and fascinating ladies of Fort Worth.” This year, the club celebrated its 110th year of
continuous “sociability among married ladies in the city ....” The Metropolitan Hotel, however, did
not age as gracefully.. It was sold in 1938 to the Milner Hotel chain, and in 1959, the site was swal-
lowed up by construction of the Fort Worth Convention Center.
SOURCE: Star-Telegram archives
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[The Woman's Wednesday Club Scrapbook], book, 1999~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821702/m1/5/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.