At twenty stories, the former First State Bank is the tallest building in Abilene. Alternating horizontal bands of tawny brick and gray glass are layered into a relentless image, typical of 1980s office buildings, and barely eased by the solidly walled west end, which terminates and anchors the bands. On the north side, a stepped five-story atrium is lit by clerestories.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Enterprise Tower–Bank of America (First State Bank)", [Abilene, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SB13.
Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 304-304.
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