Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch

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 (27,600 m2) building, which includes the second largest currency vault in the country, was designed by architect Michael Graves.[3][4]

Structure

The building's architect Michael Graves said the inspiration for the structure was the Southwestern landscape.[5] 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]

Board of directors

The following people are on the board of directors as of 2013:[6]

Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank

Appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank
Name Title Term Expires
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

Appointed by the Board of Governors
Name Title Term Expires
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Houston Branch - About the Fed - FRB Dallas". Archived from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "Boundary.png Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine." Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority. Retrieved on July 2, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Steve (April 11, 2010). "Show Us The Money: 10 Cold, Hard Central Bank Buildings". weburbanist.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS - HOUSTON BRANCH". masconcontractors.org. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  5. ^ Hardy, Michael (March 15, 2015). "Remembering Michael Graves, the Architect Houston Loved to Hate". weburbanist.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "Directors of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches". The Federal Reserve. December 8, 2013.

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