Blackstone Building - Tyler, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 21.204 W 095° 18.026
15S E 283523 N 3581934
Art Deco building erected in 1938, designed by Ft. Worth Architect, Preston M. Green. The Blackstone Building's primary materials are concrete and brick with cast stone detailing around the entry doors and first floor windows.
Waymark Code: WMZC52
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
The Blackstone Building is six-stories and was constructed by Tyler Contractor Hugh E. White. The buff brick building occupies the corner of N. Broadway Avenue and E. Line Street, two blocks north of the courthouse square.
The building's design incorporates an asymmetrical facade, restrained Art Deco ornamentation in cast stone and limestone and a six-story tower. This building was one of the first in Tyler to be fully air-conditioned. The building originally housed the Union Bus Station on the ground floor and offices for oil industry firms, insurance and offices of Delta Drilling Co., headed by prominent Texas oilman and Tyler resident Joseph Zeppa.
Today the building serves as offices for the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, Heart of Tyler, and other civic organizations.