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The Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch is one of three branches of the
The Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch is one of three branches of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas covers the Eleventh Federal Reserve District, which includes Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico, a district sometimes referred to as the Oil Patch.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is one of 12 ...
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The branch is located on Allen Parkway
Allen Parkway is an arterial road west of Downtown Houston, Texas. It has a distance of approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km), running from Interstate 45 west to Shepherd Drive, where it becomes Kirby Drive. Originally known as Buffalo Parkway, ...
in the Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
. The building, which includes the second largest currency vault in the country, was designed by architect Michael Graves
Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect, designer, and educator, as well as principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Grou ...
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Structure
The building's architect Michael Graves said the inspiration for the structure was the Southwestern landscape. Musician andTalking Heads
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leader David Byrne
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, commented that "This very out of place structure somehow lingers, like a fart left by someone no longer in an elevator." The brick exterior, which consists of 537,000 closure brick, 31,400 blue structural glazed tile, and 90,000 modular accent brick has been called a masonry masterpiece by the Mason Contractors Association of America
The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is a trade association in the United States of America representing mason contractors.
Activities
MCAA promotes building codes and standards for mason contractors and designers such as the A ...
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Board of Directors
The following people are on the board of directors as of 2013:Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank
Appointed by the Board of Governors
See also
*Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
The Panic ...
* Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a ...
* Federal Reserve Bank
A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. There are twelve in total, one for each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts that were created by the Federal Reserve A ...
* Federal Reserve Districts
A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. There are twelve in total, one for each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts that were created by the Federal Reserve A ...
* Federal Reserve Branches There are 24 Federal Reserve branches. There were 25 branches but in October 2008 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Buffalo Branch was closed.
List of Federal Reserve branches
* Boston
* New York
** ''Federal Reserve Bank of New York Buffalo B ...
* Structure of the Federal Reserve System
The Structure of the Federal Reserve System is unique among all the assets within central banks, with private aspects. It is described as " independent within the government" rather than " independent of government".
The Federal Reserve does n ...
* Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas covers the Eleventh Federal Reserve District, which includes Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico, a district sometimes referred to as the Oil Patch.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is one of 12 ...
* Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas El Paso Branch The Reserve Bank of Dallas El Paso Branch is one of three branches of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
The branch is located in downtown El Paso, Texas at 301 E. Main St.
Current Board of Directors
The following people are on the board of direct ...
* Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas San Antonio Branch The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas San Antonio Branch is one of three branches of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
The branch is located at 402 Dwyer, San Antonio, Texas.
Current Board of Directors
The following people are on the board of direct ...
References
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