State National Bank, bank building in El Paso, United States
The State National Bank is a 1921 building designed by Trost & Trost for El Paso's oldest bank, founded four decades earlier. Its interior is a single lofty room with a roof supported by steel girders, eliminating the need for interior columns. The bank moved in in January 1922.
Built in 1921, this structure replaced an earlier stone building constructed on the site in the 1880s. The new construction reflected growing financial confidence and the rising prominence of banking in the region.
The bank was founded four decades before 1921, making it El Paso's oldest bank. Its 1921 building replaced an 1881 structure described as El Paso's "first real building." The bank that occupied it no longer exists, but the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building stands at 114 East San Antonio Avenue in downtown El Paso, on the site of the bank's 1881 predecessor. The bank that occupied it no longer exists, so it is not open as a working bank; visitors see the exterior from the street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 1980.
The interior consists of one large banking hall without support columns, made possible by an innovative steel support system. This open floor plan was an engineering achievement for the early 1900s.
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