{"nrhp_refnum":"80004151","name":"Burnett, Burk, Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"500--502 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.754211551000026,"lon":-97.33123839999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 12-story steel-framed commercial office building at 500-502 Main Street in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, completed in 1914 for the State National Bank. It was designed by Sanguinet and Staats and built by Buchanan and Gilder.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a handsome example of Neo-Classical detail applied to a tripartite Commercial style building, designed by one of the state's leading firms. It was the tallest and most modern building in Fort Worth when completed. It is also tied to cattleman and banker Samuel Burk Burnett, who bought it in 1915 and renamed it.","narrative":"Completed in 1914 at 500 Main Street in Fort Worth, this 12-story office building was built for the State National Bank and designed by the firm Sanguinet and Staats, with Buchanan and Gilder as contractors. It was the tallest and most modern building in the city, with a steel frame set on a stone foundation, polished granite columns at the entrance, red brick upper floors and ornate terra cotta cornices. Promotional material highlighted fireproofing, wind bracing, a power plant, and two high-speed elevators. The bank failed within a year, and in 1915 cattleman and banker Samuel Burk Burnett bought the building and put his name on it. Banks and many other tenants occupied it, including oil men during the 1920s boom. A 1953 remodel replaced much of the granite and terra cotta at street level with aluminum and glass. At listing, the building was being rehabilitated as leased office space.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Sanguinet and Staats, Architects; Buchanan & Gilder, Contractors","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical detail on a tripartite Commercial style building","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered by a 1953 storefront remodel and later in fair condition; being rehabilitated for leased office space, with a new elevator tower added along the south wall.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.848304-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/9734/40973446/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004151.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004151/028a97a206-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004151/028a97a206-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Paul Lowry from New York, EEUU de A","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burk_Burnett_Building,_500_Main_Street,_Fort_Worth,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Lowry from New York, EEUU de A</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burk_Burnett_Building,_500_Main_Street,_Fort_Worth,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973446","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burk_Burnett_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4998896"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/burnett-burk-building-80004151/"}