First National Bank Building

711 Houston St., Fort Worth, Texas. County/parish: Tarrant.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 03, 2009. NRIS 09000981.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Baker Building
  • Bob R. Simpson Building

From Wikipedia:

First National Bank Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

First National Bank Building, at 711 Houston St. in Fort Worth, Texas, was built in 1910. It was designed by Sanguinet & Staats with Wyatt C. Hedrick. It has also been known as Baker Building and as Bob R. Simpson Building.

It is an 11-story three-part vertical commercial block skyscraper building. It was designed by Fort Worth-based Sanguinet & Staats and built in 1910 with width of 3 bays upon Houston Street and 7 bays upon Seventh Street. It was expanded to 7 bays wide on Houston in 1926, following designs of Wyatt C. Hedrick.

Its design includes elements of Beaux-Arts style, in its architectural ornamentation.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973506