Eastern Star Home
This grand facility, built in 1924 at a cost of $212,000, was constructed to provide a home for aged and infirm members of the Eastern Star Organization in Texas. The charge to build included a provision to be near a public school “so children who might come to live in the home could be educated without undue expense.” Additions to the building in 1931, 1954 and 1966 provided a kitchen, an enlarged dining room, a new east wing and a hospital unit.
2006: A local developer envisions a 300-room hotel and apartments at the former retirement center, and Arlington City officials plan to turn a large portion of the 30 acres into a parking lot for the new AT&T Stadium.
UPDATE: The Eastern Star Home was demolished in April of 2013.
ADDRESS: 1201 E Division St, Arlington (Tarrant County)
CONDITION: Lost
RESOURCE TYPE: Institutional
YEAR LISTED: 2006
