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Chase Tower (American National Bank Building)

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1971, Kelly, Marshall and Associates. 600 S. Tyler St.

The thirty-one-story New Formalist—styled building, designed by a Tulsa firm, housed the headquarters of the Amarillo-based Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS). It is the tallest building in the region. The tall, heavy garage podium is opaque, without openings, except for a ground level arcade. The north–south oriented tower is sheathed in bronze glass with slender white mullions rising to arches at the penthouse. The Amarillo Club, established in 1947 as a businessmen’s club for meetings, private dining, and entertainment, occupies the two top floors behind the arched cornice.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Courtyard by Marriott Amarillo Downtown (Fisk Medical and Professional Building)
Historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Potter County Library
Amarillo National Bank Buildings
Potter County Courthouse

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Chase Tower (American National Bank Building)", [Amarillo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-AO13.

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, 340-340.

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