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The ninth floor, the first floor of the tower, housed the bank's top executives, lounge areas and executive dining room. It was surrounded by an extensive rooftop garden, heavily landscaped and filled with sculptures and fountains. [13] The 8th floor contained the Dallas Room, a 300-seat auditorium, and the bank employees' cafeteria. [17]
Construction for the original tower broke ground in 1969, topped out on April 26, 1973, and was completed in 1974. The building site is located on 500 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, and originally opened in 1974 as the Fort Worth National Bank Tower; designed by architect John C. Portman Jr. for the Fort Worth National Bank, who also was the architect for the Renaissance Center in Detroit ...
First National Bank Building, at 711 Houston St. in Fort Worth, Texas, was built in 1910. It was designed by Sanguinet & Staats with Wyatt C. Hedrick. It has also been known as Baker Building and as Bob R. Simpson Building. [1] It is an 11-story three-part vertical commercial block skyscraper building.
The Beaux Arts building at the corner of West Seventh and Houston streets dates to 1910 and was originally designed for First National Bank of Fort Worth. It has been extensively remodeled over ...
Tallest building in Fort Worth prior to the Landmark Tower; Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Also known as the Transport Life Building and the Continental Life Insurance Building [29] [30] 11 Bank of America Center: 300 (91) 21 1961 Also known as 500 West 7th and the First National Bank Building [31] [32] 12 Blackstone Hotel ...
A 16-story former Oncor building at West 7th and Main streets, home to The Capital Grille, will be converted into 300 apartments by 2025.
It remained the tallest building on the Dallas skyline until it was surpassed by the First National Bank Tower in 1965. As the bank expanded, in 1964 it sought to reclaim the tallest-in-Dallas title. The bank hired architects Harrell & Hamilton to achieve this by designing a taller companion to adjacent Republic Center I. However, height limit ...
Mercantile National Bank Building: 523 ft (159 m) [38] 1943－1954 Dallas Republic Bank Building: 602 ft (183 m) [39] 1954－1963 Dallas ExxonMobil Building: 606 ft (185 m) [40] 1963－1965 Houston First National Bank Tower: 627 ft (191 m) [41] 1965－1971 Dallas One Shell Plaza: 715 ft (218 m) [42] 1971－1980 Houston Enterprise Plaza