Status open Area less than one acre Height 66 m Floors 15 Construction started 1929 | Completed 1930 Built 1930 Opened 1930 Architecture firm Trost & Trost | |
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Location 303 Texas Avenue
El Paso, Texas Location 301 Texas Ave., El Paso, Texas Architectural styles Art Deco, Streamline Moderne Similar Plaza Hotel, Henry C Trost House, University Field, Cathedral Parish of Saint Patr, Anson Mills Building | ||
The O. T. Bassett Tower is an Art Deco skyscraper located at 303 Texas Avenue in Downtown El Paso, Texas. It was built by Charles N. Bassett, who named it in honor of his father. The tower was designed by Trost & Trost and completed in 1930, making it one of Henry Trost's last commissions. It was briefly the tallest building in the city but was surpassed later the same year by the Hilton Hotel. The Bassett Tower is 196 feet (60 m) tall and has 15 stories, with setbacks at the tenth and thirteenth floors. It is faced with tan brick veneer and adorned with stone and terra cotta decorative elements, including a sculpted face over the main entrance which is believed to be that of Trost himself. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Map of O. T. Bassett Tower, 208 N Stanton St, El Paso, TX 79901, USA
The Luhrs Tower in Phoenix, Arizona was also designed by Trost & Trost and is very similar to the Bassett Tower.