Railroad legend John Lancaster stood in front of business tycoons at the Fort Worth Club, sharing his vision for the city and T&P’s part in it. He touted his recently opened eight-story warehouse.
That was November 1931. Today, the long-abandoned Texas & Pacific Warehouse’s future is uncertain, but when it opened, Lancaster saw it as a symbol of Fort Worth’s promising and expected growth.
As president of T&P Railway, Lancaster oversaw his company’s investment of $13 million — about $276 million today — into the city of about 163,000 residents, according to Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives…