Fossil Creek Information Center
After most of the land was sold in Fossil Creek, the barn was sold to restaurant operator Chris Carroll, who discovered the place while catering a Woodbine event there. Today, the single-story horse barn that some developers might have torn down is home to Shady Oak Barbeque & Grill, which opened in 2002.
Address / Accessibility
6360 Sandshell Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Within the 1,150-acre Woodbine-developed Fossil Creek community in north Fort Worth. Fossil Creek is bounded on the west by Interstate 35W and on the south by North Loop 820.
- 20 minutes from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Halfway between job centers in downtown Fort Worth and at Alliance Airport
Facilities
Site size: 2.7 acres
Gross building area: 4,687 square feet
Building façade: Native stone, wood, standing-seam metal roof
Height: 1 story (open loft)
Parking: 22 spaces
Renovations Team
1987 - Adaptive re-use of barn to office space
Architect: Haldeman Powell Johns (now BOKA Powell), Dallas
Project/Construction Manager: Woodbine Development Corporation, Dallas
Municipality / Taxing Jurisdictions
City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tarrant County College District, Tarrant County Hospital District, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, Tarrant Regional Water District
Project Ownership
Originally Hunt Resources, Inc.; sold to Chris Carroll in 1998