Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch
The Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch is one of three branches of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The branch is located on Allen Parkway in the Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas.[1][2] The 297,000 square foot building, which includes the second largest currency vault in the country, was designed by architect Michael Graves. [3][4]
Current Board of Directors
The following people are on the board of directors as of 2013:[5]
Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank
Name | Title | Term Expires |
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Gerald B. Smith | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Smith, Graham & Company Investment Advisors, L.P. Houston, Texas |
2013 |
Kirk S. Hachigian | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Cooper Industries, Ltd. Houston, Texas |
2014 |
Vacancy | 2014 | |
Paul B. Murphy, Jr. | President and Chief Executive Officer Cadence Bank Houston, Texas |
2015 |
Appointed by the Board of Governors
Name | Title | Term Expires |
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Greg L. Armstrong | President and Chief Executive Officer Plains All American Pipeline L.P. Houston, Texas |
2013 |
Paul W. Hobby (Chair) |
Chairman and Managing Partner Genesis Park, LP Houston, Texas |
2014 |
Ellen Ochoa | Deputy Director NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas |
2015 |
Structure
The building's architect Michael Graves said the inspiration for the structure was the Southwestern landscape.[6] Musician and Talking Heads leader David Byrne, commented that “This very out of place structure somehow lingers, like a fart left by someone no longer in an elevator.” [3] The brick exterior, which consists of 537,000 closure brick, 31,400 blue structural glazed tile, and 90,000 modular accent brick has been called a masonry masterpiece by the Mason Contractors Association of America. [4]
See also
- Federal Reserve Act
- Federal Reserve System
- Federal Reserve Bank
- Federal Reserve Districts
- Federal Reserve Branches
- Structure of the Federal Reserve System
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas El Paso Branch
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas San Antonio Branch
References
- ↑ "Houston Branch - About the Fed - FRB Dallas". Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ↑ "Boundary.png." Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority. Retrieved on July 2, 2011.
- 1 2 "Show Us The Money: 10 Cold, Hard Central Bank Buildings". weburbanist.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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- ↑ "Directors of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches". The Federal Reserve. Dec 8, 2013.
- ↑ Hardy, Michael (15 March 2015). "Remembering Michael Graves, the Architect Houston Loved to Hate". weburbanist.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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Coordinates: 29°45′36″N 95°23′04″W / 29.759943°N 95.38437°W