Public National Bank Building - Houston, Texas
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JimmyEv
N 29° 45.687 W 095° 21.691
15R E 271661 N 3294689
James Ruskin Bailey, a partner of Joseph Finger, designed this 1925 Beaux-Arts building for Public National Bank.
Waymark Code: WM3WNZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2008
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In 1931, Jesse H. Jones and other prominent bankers in Houston, including Governor Ross S. Sterling, met secretly to prevent the failure of two Houston banks - Public National Bank and Sterling's
Houston National Bank. Jesse Jones purchased Public National Bank, renaming it Citizens National Bank, and a controlling interest in Houston National Bank, saving both. Because of Jones’s actions, not a single financial institution in Houston failed during the depression - and Jones became the most powerful man in the city.
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Texas Historical Commission, "Main Street/Market Square Historic District," available at Texas Historical Atlas