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The Valley National Bank Building is the oldest skyscraper in Tucson, Arizona.〔William Ascarza, ''Tucson Mountains, Arizona'', Arcadia Publishing, 2010 ()〕〔John Bret Harte, ''Tucson: Portrait of a Desert Pueblo'', Windsor Publications, 1980, p. 140〕 It was built in 1929 by Percy A. Eisen (1885-1946) and Albert R. Walker (1881-1958).〔 It has housed administrative offices on the second floor.〔Paul J. Lawton (ed.), ''Old Tucson Studios, Arizona'', Arcadia Publishing, 2008, p. 34 ()〕 It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 12, 2003. ==History== In March 1901, the Consolidated National Bank of Tucson acquired the bank site and properties adjoining on both sides from General Levi Howard Manning. The pre-existing bank, designed by Henry Trost, was too small, so it was demolished to make way for a new bank. This second bank proved to be too small, and an expansion began in 1917 at the cost of $100,000, in the Corinthian style of architecture common for banks of the era. In 1928 Consolidated National set out to build Tucson's first skyscraper, which opened in 1929 for the staggering cost of $1 million. It opened with 3,000 safety deposit boxes, a testament to the expense of the building and the increasing wealth of Tucsonans. In 1935, Phoenix-based The Valley Bank and Trust bought Consolidated National to form Valley National Bank of Arizona. The Consolidated National Bank Building expresses the taste of the building's patrons and the bank's owners, who were some of Tucson's most prominent businessmen. The building was the setting for some scenes of the 1956 film ''A Kiss Before Dying'', which was filmed in Tucson.〔(The original NRHP nomination from 2003 )〕 Bank One acquired Valley National Bank in 1993, and Chase, which bought Bank One in 2004, still maintains a bank branch in the structure. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valley National Bank Building (Tucson, Arizona)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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