State National Bank (El Paso, Texas)

State National Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	114 E. San Antonio Ave., El Paso, Texas
Coordinates	31°45′27″N 106°29′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1921
Architect	Trost & Trost
Architectural style	Second Renaissance Revival
MPS	Commercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR
NRHP reference No.	80004114[1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 1980

The State National Bank is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1921 for the State National Bank, El Paso's oldest bank founded four decades earlier.^[2] It was built on the site of a former building for the same bank completed in 1881, which was El Paso's "first real building."^[3] The 1921 building was designed by Trost & Trost, and its construction cost $165,000.^[2] With "the latest technological developments", it cost $250,000.^[4] The interior was a single lofty room with roof supported by steel girders that eliminated need for interior columns.^[4] The bank moved into the building in January 1922.^[2] It was expanded by renting adjacent property 10 years later, which was annexed permanently in 1942. It was further expanded to the south in 1948.^[4]

The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "State National Bank Moves Into $165,000 Home Monday; Has Laundered Air System". El Paso Times. January 29, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved February 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Man Who Came Here 42 Years Ago Tells of El Paso's Rapid Growth; Recalls the Days of Franklin". El Paso Herald. October 20, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Linda C. Flory; Carol Kennedy (March 7, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: State National Bank" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2019. (Excerpt from Commercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost Thematic Resources document.) Includes two photos from 1979 and 1980.