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 three bays upon Houston Street and seven bays upon Seventh Street. It was expanded to seven 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