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Del Rio National Bank Building

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1911, Alfred Giles, with Herbert S. Green. 701 S. Main St.

Giles of San Antonio and his associate, Green, designed this two-story brick classically influenced building, with a curved corner entrance framed by clustered Tuscan pilasters. These support a frieze, a dentil-lined cornice, and a parapet crowned by a cartouche above the entrance.

South Main Street retains its architectural character as the retail axis of downtown Del Rio, although many buildings are now untenanted. On this 700 block the three-story S. H. Kress Company Building (1928, E. J. Hoffman), the modernist Paul Poag Theater (former Rita Theater) of 1941 by Jack Corgan, and the two-story Montgomery Ward Company building (1929) at 720, 746, and 753 S. Main, respectively, are architectural standouts.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

BBVA Compass Bank Building (Del Rio National Bank)
Roswell Hotel
Val Verde County Courthouse
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
First United Methodist Church

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Del Rio National Bank Building", [Del Rio, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-EL16.

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, 428-428.

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