{"nrhp_refnum":"84001739","name":"U.S. National Bank","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2201 Ave. D","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.30546972700006,"lon":-94.79298058699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An 11-story, granite-faced commercial bank and office building at 2201 Avenue D (Market) in downtown Galveston, Texas, built 1923-25 and designed by New York architect Alfred C. Blossom.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a major financial and architectural landmark in Galveston. It was described as the city's third modern skyscraper office building and the most important private building constructed in the 1920s. It also houses a bank whose history goes back to 1874.","narrative":"Rising eleven stories at a major downtown corner in Galveston, this granite-faced building was constructed in 1923-25 to house the U.S. National Bank and offices. New York architect Alfred C. Blossom, trained in London and also the designer of the Magnolia Building in Dallas, worked with Fort Worth architects Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick, and Westlake Construction built it. Its steel and reinforced concrete frame carries a rectangular plan with an angled corner entrance, a flat roof with wide eaves and a molded cornice. Ground-floor shops have display windows, while the second story has tall arched windows between pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The bank entrance has a pediment, and the lobby and main room keep many original details. The bank traces its roots to the 1874 Island City Savings Bank. The building was called Galveston's third modern skyscraper office building and its most important private construction of the 1920s, and it remains a bank today in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alfred C. Blossom, New York; associated architects Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick of Fort Worth; contractor Westlake Construction Co., Ft. Worth and St. Louis","architectural_style":"Commercial; described at the time as \"Italian Renaissance\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; present use is the same as original use, bank and offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.587555-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/9691/40969179/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001739.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001739/ff59ae5029-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001739/ff59ae5029-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._National_Bank_Building_--_Galveston.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._National_Bank_Building_--_Galveston.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000748","name":"Strand Historic District, The","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/strand-historic-district-the-70000748/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969179","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002030"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/u-s-national-bank-84001739/"}