{"nrhp_refnum":"12001003","name":"Fisk Medical Arts Building","other_names":["Fisk Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"724 S. Polk St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amarillo","county":"Potter County","state":"TX","lat":35.20745333800005,"lon":-101.83834351999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-story (with penthouse) brick and terra cotta Gothic Revival skyscraper at 724 S. Polk Street in downtown Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, completed in 1928 and designed by architect Guy Anton Carlander for developer Charles A. Fisk.","why_significant":"The building is presented as an excellent example of an early 20th century skyscraper with Gothic Revival detailing, built during Amarillo's 1920s oil and gas boom. It is described as the only tall building in Amarillo ornamented in the Commercial Gothic style. It is also the work of Guy Carlander, an architect who played a large role in the city's architectural development. It is nominated at the local level under Criterion C for Architecture.","narrative":"Rising ten stories above downtown Amarillo at South Polk Street and Southwest Eighth Avenue, this 1928 skyscraper was built by banker Charles A. Fisk to house the Amarillo Bank and Trust Company on the ground floor and medical offices above. Architect Guy Anton Carlander gave it a reinforced concrete frame, red brick walls, and terra cotta and cast stone ornament, including pointed arches, tracery, finials and gargoyle-like details. It went up during the oil and gas boom that brought the city's first skyscrapers to Polk Street, and it was the second-tallest modern commercial building downtown when completed. It is considered the only tall building in Amarillo finished in the Commercial Gothic style. Although its original windows were lost in an earlier remodeling, the exterior retains a high level of integrity. A recent rehabilitation turned the former offices into hotel rooms while preserving features such as the mail chute and the open ground-floor plan. It is recognized for its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Guy Anton Carlander, Architect / Charles A. Fisk, Builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Gothic Revival/Skyscraper","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated using federal tax incentives and reopened in December 2010 as a 107-room Courtyard Marriott hotel; the central penthouse remains an office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.688559-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9731/40973184/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12001003.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001003/b22403e8c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001003/b22403e8c5-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marriott_Courtyard_Downtown_Amarillo_from_SE_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marriott_Courtyard_Downtown_Amarillo_from_SE_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973184","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Medical_Arts_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/potter-county/fisk-medical-arts-building-12001003/"}