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Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce (Blackstone Building)

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1938, Preston M. Geren; 1998 rehabilitated, Sinclair and Wright Architects. 315 N. Broadway Ave.

This five-story buff brick and limestone Moderne building, anchored by a six-story corner tower, is a simplified version of the People’s National Bank (TK2). The tower was intended to be the central feature, with wings to each side, but only the north wing was built. A tall, smooth, limestone ground floor is a plinth for the four floors above. Windows and fluted spandrels are stacked and recessed behind the brick piers for a strong vertical effect. The air-conditioned building housed the Union Bus Station and offices for oil and professional businesses stimulated by the East Texas oil boom.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Moore Grocery Lofts (Moore Grocery Company Building)
Cotton Belt Depot Train Museum (St. Louis Southwestern Railway, “Cotton Belt,” Passenger Station)
Smith County Courthouse
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
People’s Petroleum Building (People’s National Bank Building)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce (Blackstone Building)", [Tyler, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-TK8.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 63-63.

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