First National Bank Building (Fort Worth, Texas)
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First National Bank Building, at 711 Houston St. in
Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
, 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. 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
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 ...
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. Its design includes elements of Beaux-Arts style, in its architectural ornamentation.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas. T ...


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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 {{TarrantCountyTX-NRHP-stub