The historic TXU North Main power plant at the Trinity River north of downtown now has significant protection against demolition under rezoning the Fort Worth City Council approved Tuesday.
The council attached historic significant endangered protection to the plant, owned by Tarrant County College. That status confers significant but not absolute protection against demolition. The college did not oppose the designation.
“I’m really proud of the council,” Jerre Tracy, executive director of preservation nonprofit Historic Fort Worth, said after the council’s vote. “I think they have gone through a very important learning curve about the benefits that designated buildings bring.”…