First National Bank Building, at 711 Houston St. in Fort Worth, Texas, was built in 1910. It was designed by

Sanguinet & Staats Sanguinet & Staats was an architectural firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, with as many as five branch offices in Texas. The firm specialized in steel-frame construction and built many skyscrapers in Texas. The firm also accepted commissions for res ...

with

Wyatt C. Hedrick Wyatt Cephus Hedrick (December 17, 1888 in Chatham, Virginia, Chatham, Virginia – May 5, 1964 in Houston, Texas) was an American architect, engineer, and Real estate development, developer most active in Texas and the American South. He began ...

. 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

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

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

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Architecture in Fort Worth: Bob R. Simpson Building
National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas Commercial buildings completed in 1910 {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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