Modern Federal · Banks

Facade of the long-abandoned First National Bank Building, which opened in 1937 in downtown Beaumont. The building presents a classic example of the Art Deco style. Not its granite base, brushed-aluminum clock, and relief figures of industrial workers and professional people set in carved limestone.

Beaumont · 1850–1939

Facade of the long-abandoned First National Bank Building, which opened in 1937 in downtown Beaumont. The building presents a classic example of the Art Deco style. Not its granite base, brushed-aluminum clock, and relief figures of industrial workers and professional people set in carved limestone., Beaumont, 1850–1939
Facade of the long-abandoned First National Bank Building, which opened in 1937 in downtown Beaumont. The building presents a classic example of the Art Deco style. Not its granite base, brushed-aluminum clock, and relief figures of industrial workers and professional people set in carved limestone., Beaumont, 1850–1939. Banks — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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