Old San Antonio National Bank Building
Item
- Title
- Old San Antonio National Bank Building
- Alternative Title
- Old First National Bank
- Creator
- Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz (American architect, 1853-1921)
- City
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Address
- 239 East Commerce Street, San Antonio
- GPS
- 29° 25.463′ N, 98° 29.42′ W
- Country
- United States
- Date Created
- 1886
- Century
- 19th Century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- Mission Style
- Cultural Context
- American
- Materials
- Brick, Stone
- Description
- Exterior, Entrace to Bank
- This structure was built to house the San Antonio National Bank, organized by George W. Brackenridge and others in 1866 as the first federally chartered banking institution in the city. Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz, A New York architect, designed the building using limestone mined from area Quarries. Completed in 1886, it served as the fourth structure for the bank. The victorian design features moorish arches, ornate ironwork, and a decorative southeast corner tower. The bank occupied the facility until 1970. - https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5029003804/print
- Source
- Texas Tech University College of Architecture
- Rights Holder
- Texas Tech University
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
- creator
- Eidlitz, Cyrus Lazelle Warner
Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz (American architect, 1853-1921), “Old San Antonio National Bank Building”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed August 5, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/20613