Carvings at O.T. Bassett Tower Entrance
Tallas en la Entrada de Torre O.T. Bassett
Carvings at O.T. Bassett Tower Entrance
The picture shows the entrance of the O.T. Bassett Tower. Charles N. Bassett built the Bassett Tower in 1929-1930 as a memorial to his father, Oscar T. Bassett, a pioneer El Pasoan who was one of the founders of El Paso’s first bank, The State National Bank of El Paso. Henry C. Trost was commissioned to design the building. The entrance door is decorated with nice carvings, amongst others five faces. The one in the middle, a balding, round-faced man with a walrus mustache is Henry Trost himself; however, there’s a chance that it is the senior Bassett. Probably it’s just some balding, round-faced man, with a gesture typical of Trost’s sense of humor.
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
DIGIE El Paso Museum of History, Jan 7, 2015
DIGIE under construction January 7, 2015.Picture shows entry to ...
Sister Aloysius Williams - El Paso, Texas
Sister Aloysius Williams administrator of Hotel Dieu School of ...
Ring Around The Sun - El Paso, Texas
While walking around Federal Courthouse on Magoffin, captured ...
Railroad, view towards downtown, 1960
The image shows the railroad tracks and some trains leading to ...
