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The Burk Burnett Building is a building in downtown
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,
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, located in
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. It has twelve floors and is high. The ground floor of the building is occupied by Worthington National Bank. The Burk Burnett Building has been listed on
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since November 12, 1980.


History

The Burk Burnett Building was designed by
Sanguinet & Staats Sanguinet & Staats was an architectural firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, with as many as five branch offices in Texas. The firm specialized in steel-frame construction and built many skyscrapers in Texas. The firm also accepted commissions for res ...
and built in 1914. At the time of construction, it was the tallest building of the city and became the first
skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise bui ...
in Fort Worth. It was originally occupied by the State National Bank. The bank was declared bankrupt in 1915, and the building was bought by Samuel Burk Burnett and renamed. The building underwent renovations in 1980 and 1984. In particular, in 1984 the old bank lobby was restored. In 2005, the Worthington National Bank restored the lobby, hiring for this an artist, Xiang Xian.


Architecture

The Burk Burnett Building was the last of three buildings constructed by Sanguinet & Staats and similar in design. The first two were the ALICO Building in
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(1911) and the
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in
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(1913). It is built in a neoclassical style. The lower part of the building (two floors) is made of white
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and of
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columns, the middle part (eight floors) is of red brick with terracotta layers separating floors, and the top part (two floors) is decorated white terracotta. In 1919, the building in Fort Worth currently known as Hilton Fort Worth Hotel was specifically constructed by Sanguinet & Staats to resemble the Burk Burnett Building.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tarrant County, Texas. T ...


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{{National Register of Historic Places in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Fort Worth, Texas Office buildings completed in 1914 Skyscraper office buildings in Fort Worth, Texas Sanguinet & Staats buildings Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Neoclassical architecture in Texas