Historic Place

First National Bank Building

Fort Worth · Tarrant County · Dedicated 2009 · THC Atlas #2009000981

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Commerce, Architecture

About this site

First National Bank Building is a historic place in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, dedicated in 2009. It is one of 42 historic places documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7538, -97.3314 near Fort Worth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Woolworth, F. W., Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Burnett, Burk, Building, Sinclair Building, and Kress Building.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2009000981. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

First National Bank Building
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History

The First National Bank Building at 711 Houston Street in Fort Worth's Sundance Square was built in 1910 to designs by Sanguinet & Staats. The eleven-story commercial block, with Beaux-Arts ornamentation, was expanded to seven bays wide in 1926 following plans by Wyatt C. Hedrick. Also known as the Baker Building, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Sources: en.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.gov

📍 32.7538, -97.3314 · Fort Worth, Tarrant County
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