The Tower (Fort Worth, Texas)

The Tower (formerly Block 82 Tower) is a 35 floor building in Fort Worth, Texas bound by Taylor Street, Throckmorton Street, West 4th Street, and West 5th Street. At 488 feet (149 meters), it is the fourth tallest building in Fort Worth. When it was completed in 1974, it was the tallest building in Fort Worth until the completion of the Burnett Plaza in 1983. On March 28, 2000, this tower was severely damaged by an F3 tornado; consensus was nearly reached to demolish the tower, but it was instead converted into the tallest residential building in the city.

The Tower
The Tower, Fort Worth
Former namesBlock 82 Tower, Bank One Tower, Team Bank Tower, Texas American Bank Tower, Fort Worth National Bank Tower, Fort Worth National Bank Building
General information
Typepost-modernist
Address400 Throckmorton St.
Town or cityFort Worth, Texas
Country United States
Groundbreaking1969
Completed1974
Opened1974
Renovated2004-2005
Height488 ft (149 m)
Technical details
Floor count36
Design and construction
ArchitectJohn C. Portman Jr.
Architecture firmJohn Portman & Associates International, Inc.
References
[1]

Public displayed Art at the Tower

In 2019 the artist Donald Martiny created an artwork called Hugin + Munin (named as a reference to Huginn and Muninn in the Lobby of the Tower. The commissioned work is 14 by 17 feet and had to be created directly at the Lobby.[2]


See also

References
  1. "The Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  2. "Frost Tower Fort Worth Welcomes a New Site-Specific Artwork". www.dfwi.org. 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
Records
Preceded by
Landmark Tower		 Tallest building in Fort Worth
454 feet (138 m)
1974-1982		 Succeeded by
Wells Fargo Tower

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