First National Bank Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

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First National Bank Building
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First National Bank Building in 2022
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First National Bank Building
Location711 Houston St.,
Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates 32°45′9″N97°19′50″W / 32.75250°N 97.33056°W / 32.75250; -97.33056 (First National Bank Building)
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architect Sanguinet & Staats, Wyatt C. Hedrick
Architectural style Skyscraper
NRHP reference No. 09000981 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 3, 2009

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. [1]

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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. [2]

Its design includes elements of Beaux-Arts style, in its architectural ornamentation. [2]

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Postcard of the First National Bank Building, 1910

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First National Bank Building / : Baker Building, Bob R. Simpson Building". National Archives. Retrieved April 20, 2018.Downloading may be slow.