Here was another of the numerous commercial office towers put up around the U.S. in 1929: Just in time!

This one's in Fort Worth. The building's detailing is said here to have been "influenced by the Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival idioms." Okay!

 

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In downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on February 12th, 2023, the Electric Building (built from 1927 to 1929, designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick, 95000048 on the National Register of Historic Places, converted to apartments in 1996) at the northeast corner of West 7th Street and Lamar Street.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Fort Worth (7013934)

• Tarrant (county) (1002939)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• apartment houses (300005707)

• architectural ornament (300378995)

• Art Deco (300021426)

• brick (clay material) (300010463)

• buff (color) (300263546)

• central business districts (300000868)

• commercial buildings (300005147)

• fire escapes (300003262)

• historic buildings (300008063)

• light brown (300127503)

• office buildings (300007043)

• repurposing (300417716)

• skyscrapers (300004809)

• Spanish Renaissance Revival (300444326)

 

Wikidata items:

• 12 February 2023 (Q69306707)

• 1920s in architecture (Q11185486)

• 1929 in architecture (Q2744495)

• Art Deco architecture (Q12720942)

• Dallas-Fort Worth (Q179295)

• Downtown Fort Worth (Q5303439)

• Electric Building (Q1325835)

• February 12 (Q2336)

• February 2023 (Q61312937)

• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)

• North Texas (Q3493922)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Dwellings—Texas (sh87003845)

• High-rise apartment buildings (sh85060689)

• Office buildings—Texas (sh86003312)

• Skyscrapers—Texas (sh86007406)

 

Union List of Artist Names IDs:

• Hedrick, Wyatt C. (American architect, active in Texas, 1888-1964) (500082151)

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