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Rio Grande Fashion (State National Bank)

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1922, Trost and Trost; 1941 addition, Percy McGhee. 118 E. San Antonio Ave.

The nine attenuated arches along S. Oregon Street and the monumental front entrance arch of this white terra-cotta-clad bank have no supporting pilasters or imposts, imbuing the two-story building with bold monumentality. Above the arcade, an emphatic cornice over modillions and a balustrade complete Henry Trost’s personal interpretation of a Roman bath. Percy McGhee extended the bank along S. Oregon Street.

On the next block at 215 E. San Antonio, the W. S. Hills Building (1926, Trost and Trost) is a two-story, five-bay, terra-cotta store, combining a classical order of tall, paneled pilasters and second-floor windows in the Chicago format. The building extends through the narrow block with a matching facade on Texas Avenue.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Rio Grande Fashion (State National Bank)", SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-EP18.

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, 481-481.

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