Austin Daily Tribune Building

{{Short description|Building in Texas, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = Austin Daily Tribune Building

| image = Ernest O Thompson State Office Bldg-2010-08-a.JPG

| caption = Ernest O. Thompson State Office Bldg. in 2010

| location = 920 Colorado, Austin, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|30|16|26|N|97|44|35|W|display=inline,title}}

| completion_date = 1941

| architect = Simons, Shirley; et al.

| architectural_style = Moderne

| floor_count = 11 {{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/134967/ernest-o-thompson-building-austin-tx-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315161320/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/134967/ernest-o-thompson-building-austin-tx-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 15, 2016 |title=Ernest O. Thompson Building, Austin | 134967 |publisher=Emporis |date= |accessdate=2022-05-03}}

| roof = {{convert|136|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| module = {{Infobox NRHP

| embed = yes

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| locmapin = Texas#USA

| added = November 8, 2000

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 00001358{{NRISref |refnum=00001358|version=2010a}}

}}

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The Austin Daily Tribune Building, later known as the Ernest O. Thompson State Office Building, is a Moderne style office building located at 920 Colorado in Austin, Texas. It was built in 1941 as the headquarters of the Austin Daily Tribune, a short-lived newspaper that ceased publishing in 1942. The State of Texas purchased the building in 1945, and it was renamed in 1965 for Texas Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson. The building was designed by architect Shirley Simons and the firm of Page.{{cite web|title=Austin Daily Tribune Building |publisher=Hill County Deco |url=http://www.hillcountrydeco.com/commercial/tribune/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131143742/http://www.hillcountrydeco.com/commercial/tribune/ |archive-date=2012-01-31 }} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.