First National Bank Building (Fort Worth, Texas)

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First National Bank Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 711 Houston St.,
Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates| 32°45′16″N 97°19′50″W﻿ / ﻿32.75444°N 97.33056°W﻿ / 32.75444; -97.33056﻿ (First National Bank Building)
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1910 (1910)
Architect| Sanguinet & Staats, Wyatt C. Hedrick
Architectural style| Skyscraper
NRHP reference No.| 09000981[1]
Added to NRHP| December 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]

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]

Postcard of the First National Bank Building, 1910

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places portal
* Texas portal

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. ^ a b "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.

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