City National Bank -Taylor Downtown Historic District - Taylor, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 34.156 W 097° 24.562
14R E 652538 N 3382944
The City National Bank was designed by Henry Struve and constructed in 1909. This one-story temple-front building was the second home of the City National Bank, and is the only remaining historic building on its block.
Waymark Code: WMY2V8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
The City National Bank was founded in February 1900 by John H. Griffith, Dr. R.H. Eanes, J.J. Thames, C.C. Hooper, S.A. Easley, H.T. Kimbro and Robert D. Penn.
The bank was first housed in a one-story building constructed in 1900. The bank remained in that location until 1908, when it purchased the lot at 210 N. Main. The new building, a Classical Revival temple-front was designed by Struve and demonstrates that architects and clients in Taylor were attuned to nationwide architectural trends.
The Struve designed building was home of the bank until a new building was constructed and opened on May 13, 1965.
The building is currently vacant.
Constructed of buff brick, the facade is left untreated and the subsidiary elevations are stuccoed and scored to resemble cut stone. The temple-front building is raised on plinth, and accessed by two low steps. The dominating pediment is supported by four Ionic columns, and accented at the corners and apex by acroterium. The primary facade set behind the portico, with each column defining a bay of the facade within. The central entry is flanked by one-over-one sash windows with paired transoms above. The City National Bank Building remains the only example of high-style Classical Revival architecture in Taylor.