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Built in 1937 and 1938, the building occupies a prominent position in downtown Amarillo, across East Fifth Avenue north of Courthouse Square. [4] Smaller and less important architecturally than the adjacent Potter County Courthouse, the Jones Building nevertheless gives the Federal Government a tangible presence in the center this city on the plains of North Texas, and demonstrates the concern ...
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Amarillo (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ r ɪ l oʊ / [6] AM-ə-RIL-oh; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Potter County, though most of the southern half of the city extends into Randall County.
The Santa Fe Building is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A. It was completed on January 18, 1930 and had the regional offices of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company. The Amarillo office of the railroad company supervised more than 5,800 miles (9,334 km) of railroads.
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (IATA: AMA, ICAO: KAMA, FAA LID: AMA) is a public airport six miles (10 km) east of downtown Amarillo, in Potter County, Texas, United States. [2] The airport was renamed in 2003 after NASA astronaut and Amarillo native Rick Husband , who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February of that ...
The 16-story Amarillo National Bank Plaza One opened in 1971, [8] and the 12-story Amarillo National Bank Plaza Two complex was completed in 1984. [9] ANB is known for opening Texas’ first drive-up bank window (1950) and the first automatic teller machine in Texas (1978), [10] which was located in the bank's downtown lobby. Also in 1978, the ...
In May 1976, KFDA-TV was sold to the Panhandle Telecasting Company (originally known as Amarillo Telecasters, and under licensee to Midessa Television Inc.) – a partnership of Ray Herndon, majority owner of KMID-TV in Midland, and R.H. Drewry, owner of KSWO-TV in Lawton, Oklahoma – for $2.8 million; the sale was received FCC approval 3½ months later on August 20.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo (TTUHSC Amarillo) is a branch campus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) located in Amarillo, Texas. The university exists in two locations in Amarillo: one housing the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health and the Harrington Library of the Health Sciences, and ...