Amarillo in Potter County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Fisk Medical Arts & Professional Building
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 18, 2015
1. Fisk Medical Arts & Professional Building Marker
Inscription.
Fisk Medical Arts and Professional Building. . In 1926, Charles A. Fisk, president of the Amarillo Bank and Trust, and other investors commissioned this skyscraper designed by Amarillo architect Guy A. Carlander and built by the Gilsonite Contracting Co. of Dallas. The building formally opened in Dec. 1928, when an Amarillo Daily News article reported its cost as “dangerously close” to one million dollars. Fisks bank occupied the ground floor, with a mix of professional and retail tenants above. The eleven-story steel-reinforced concrete frame building is clad in red brick with terra cotta trim and exhibits Gothic Revival style detailing.,
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2011 , Marker is property of the State of Texas.
In 1926, Charles A. Fisk, president of the Amarillo Bank and Trust, and other investors commissioned this skyscraper designed by Amarillo architect Guy A. Carlander and built by the Gilsonite Contracting Co. of Dallas. The building formally opened in Dec. 1928, when an Amarillo Daily News article reported its cost as “dangerously close” to one million dollars. Fisks bank occupied the ground floor, with a mix of professional and retail tenants above. The eleven-story steel-reinforced concrete frame building is clad in red brick with terra cotta trim and exhibits Gothic Revival style detailing.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2011
Marker is property of the State of Texas
Erected 2011 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 16911.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1928.
Location. 35° 12.345′ N, 101° 50.253′ W. Marker is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County. It is at the intersection of South Polk Street and SW 8th Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Polk Street. Marker is on the northwest corner. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 724 South Polk Street, Amarillo TX 79101, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Texas Panhandle. It is also on the American Great Plains, specifically on the Southern Plains, and specifically on the High Plains. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Dust Bowl, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
2. Fisk Medical Arts & Professional Building Marker
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 18, 2015
3. Fisk Medical Arts & Professional Building
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 836 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on December 16, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.
