1001 E. 15th Street - Plano Downtown Historic District - Plano, TX - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

"The entrance is in the center bay and has a single door with sidelights and transom. General contractor Abe Cain radically altered the building’s appearance in 1936. Nineteenth-century detailing such as the Romanesque stone arches above the second and first floor windows and a shaped parapet were removed. The original brick façade was stuccoed and painted white. A wainscot of black Carrara glass was added on the lower wall of the first floor. Three vertical black stripes that run from below the corbeled parapet to the top of the first floor’s apertures give a distinctive Art Deco-inspired look to the façade. A black sign between the first and second floor reinforces the Art Deco style. The side elevation is divided into nine bays divided by pilasters. The second story has a 1/1 double-hung window in each bay. The first floor has a variety of 1/1 double-hung windows in the six westernmost bays and entrances in the eastern two bays.

It historically housed the Plano National Bank on the first floor and the IOOF Lodge on the second. On December 31, 1930, the Plano National Bank ceased operation and merged its assets with the Farmers National Bank. The new bank, First National Bank, opened for business on January 2, 1931 in this building. This means that the 1936 Art Deco transformation occurred under the name First National Bank. The bank remained at this location until 1952 and the lodge occupied the second floor until its dissolution in 1982.

The building was rehabilitated again in 1958, the same year the current occupant, A. R. Schell and Son Agency acquired it. However, the family restored the Art Deco detailing in c. 1986. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1993 and is one of the most distinctive buildings in the district. It is also designated as a City of Plano Heritage Resource."