Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House

Roy A. And Gladys Westbrook House is located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 2009.

Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Westbrook House in 2019
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Location	2232 Winton Terrace W., Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates	32°43′20″N 97°21′33″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1928 (1928)
Architect	Joseph Pelich
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	08001300[1]
RTHL No.	15766
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 8, 2009
Designated RTHL	2009

In 1946, oilman William Clark acquired the house. He divorced his second wife in 1950, and on February 13, 1951, married Mary Waterstreet Tuerpe. By 1953, Clark had become convinced that Tuerpe had married him for his money, and he sought an annulment. He also changed his will so that Tuerpe would get just $10. The majority of his $750,000 estate was given to charity. Twelve days after making the change, on May 22, 1953, his body was discovered in the house; he had been shot on May 19. The original finding of suicide was changed to murder. His wife, Mary Clark, and three ex-convicts were charged in the plot. Two of the three men who were accused as accomplices were murdered themselves before the case went to trial. In 1955, Tuerpe was acquitted, and the one surviving accomplice was given a five-year sentence in exchange for his cooperation in the prosecution. Tuerpe remained in the house for another fifty years.[2]