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Texas
| Architecture
| Banks
Ft. Worth's
Burk Burnett Building
THE WORTHINGTON NATIONAL BANK
500 Main
Fort Worth, Texas
Winner of the
Historic Fort Worth, Inc. Preservation Award
Restoration of
the ground-floor bank completed in
December of 2005.
CHS Architects
Primary Architect - Mojy Haddad
Photos Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc |
The Worthington
National Bank
Photo
Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc. 2005
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The Worthington
National Bank Restoration
by Maureen Hollern
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| Greg
Morse, President of Worthington National has put a special emphasis
on the Historical renovation and interior design of his award winning
downtown Fort Worth space, the Burk
Burnett Building. He has focused on restoring the building as closely
as possible to its original appearance. He has worked with historians,
reviewing the archives. He has also worked hand in hand with the Bass's
interior designer, artists and specialty contractors to focus on the
details of design. Special Italian marble was custom cut to match
original flooring. He hired a custom ironworks company to create vault
doors, office doors and iron teller window bars like old-fashioned
bank teller windows. All the furniture and décor has an antique western
appeal. Steer heads that have been mounted at each of the posts look
out over all of the offices and main teller cages. There are many
original pieces of Texas art that accentuate the Cowtown flare. |
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The Vault Door
Photo
Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc, December 2006 |
A bronze newell
Photo
Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc. December
2006 |
Overhead Lamp
Photo
Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc. December
2006 |
Eagle detail
Photo
Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc December
2006 |
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Xiang
Xian is the primary artist and Morse commissioned him to create
original paintings for the bank. Xiang is an artist from China who
started out painting horses. He flew into DFW and went to The Four
Sixes Ranch and asked if he could watch the cowboys. He knew nothing
about the ranch or owner - Burk Burnett. Coincidentally, all of
these drawings are from his experience at Burk Burnett's Four Sixes
Ranch. Burk Burnett was the original owner of the bank building
and the current name of the building today.
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The Worthington
National Bank Lobby
(Rescued Emily Guthrie Smith mural appears on left wall.)
Photo
Courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc. >December
2006 |
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largest piece of artwork in the bank's collection is a wall mural
painted by Fort Worth's own Emily Guthrie
Smith who taught at Texas Christian University. The painting once
hung in the old the dining area of the old Fort Worth Western Hills
Hotel. When the restaurant burned down, someone pulled most of the
mural off of the wall. An original postcard shows that a small portion
of the picture was damaged and unable to be salvaged. This beautiful
piece of history was owned by an art dealer in Dallas
when Mr. Morse purchased it back. He felt that Fort
Worth is where it needed to be. |
| Submitted
by Brian J. Hutson |
| Anyone
wishing to share history, memories or photos of Fort Worth Texas,
please email history@texasescapes.com |
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