First Financial Center (El Dorado, Arkansas)

 office building, bank, high-rise, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Gothic revival (architecture)

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The Lion Oil Building is a 115 ft (35 m) 8-floor highrise building in El Dorado, Arkansas constructed from 1926 to 1927. It was designed in the Venetian Gothic style with Art Deco accents by Mann & Stern of Little Rock. It was designed to accommodate the bustling oil community’s financial needs. Col. T. H. Barton established the Exchange Bank in 1924, and later became president of Lion Oil Company as well, thus housing his petroleum company’s corporate headquarters here until the 1970’s. In 1993, the Exchange Bank moved a few blocks north, changing to Citizens First Bank and is now Regions Bank. The historic building was renamed First Financial Centre in 1998.

The Lion Oil Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.