First National Bank Building (Beaumont, Texas)

{{Short description|Building in Beaumont, Texas}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = First National Bank / Tonahill

| nrhp_type = cp

| image = First National Bank Building, Beaumont, TX.jpg

| caption = The building in 2024

| location = 495 Orleans St.,
Beaumont, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|30.0829|-94.0991|type:landmark_region:US-TX|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| map_label = First National Bank / Tonahill

| locmap_relief = yes

| area = less than one acre

| built = {{Start date|1936}}-{{End date|1937}}

| architect = F.W. Steinman & Son, Fred C. Stone

| architecture = Art Deco

| designated_nrhp_type = April 14, 1978

| partof = Beaumont Commercial District

| partof_refnum = 78002959{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

| nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = RTHL

| designated_other1_date = 1989

| designated_other1_number = [https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5245010521 10521]

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

}}

The First National Bank Building in downtown Beaumont, Texas was built in 1937 and is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture.[http://www.houstondeco.org/1930s/firstbmt.html Houston Deco | 1930s | First National Bank of Beaumont] The building is four stories tall and decorated with reliefs of workers and business people designed by Beaumont-based sculptor Matchett Herring Coe.{{Cite web |url=http://beaumontmainstreet.com/pdf/promo/tour.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220183840/http://www.beaumontmainstreet.com/pdf/promo/tour.pdf |archive-date=2011-02-20 |url-status=dead }}