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San Antonio, TX First National Bank tower detail

From the marker:

This structure w as built to house the San Antonio National Bank, organized by George W. Brackenridge and others in 1866 as the first federally chartered banking institution in the city. Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz, A New York architect, designed the building using limestone mined from area Quarries. Completed in 1886, it served as the fourth structure for the bank. The Victorian design features moorish arches, ornate ironwork, and a decorative southeast corner tower. The bank occupied the facility until 1970.

 

This is on the National Register #72001348, and found in the San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District which is on the National Register of Historic Places #100002128.

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Uploaded on April 30, 2012
Taken on January 13, 2012