Historic Place

Blackstone Building

Tyler · Smith County · Dedicated 2002 · THC Atlas #2002000645

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About this site

Blackstone Building is a historic place in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 17 historic places documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.3533, -95.3004 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Moore Grocery Co. Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tyler Grocery Company, Yarbrough Building, and St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) Passenger Depot.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2002000645. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Blackstone Building is a six-story Art Deco office tower built in 1938 and designed by Fort Worth architect Preston M. Geren. Financed by Tyler businessman Edmond P. McKenna to ease the office-space shortage during the East Texas oil boom, it housed oil companies, attorneys, and engineers, and its first floor served as the Tyler Union Bus Terminal through World War II. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org knue.com

📍 32.3533, -95.3004 · Tyler, Smith County

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