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The '''Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas''' covers the Eleventh [[Federal Reserve]] District of the [[United States]], which includes [[Texas]], northern [[Louisiana]] and southern [[New Mexico]], a district sometimes referred to as the '''Oil Patch'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Quick Trip to the Oil Patch Shows Energy-Related Losses Rising|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-20/a-quick-trip-to-the-oil-patch-shows-energy-related-losses-rising|author=Tracy Alloway|publisher=[[Bloomberg Markets]]|date=June 20, 2016}}</ref>

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is one of 12 [[Federal Reserve System|regional Reserve Banks]] that, along with the [[Federal Reserve Board of Governors|Board of Governors]] in Washington, D.C., make up the U.S. [[central bank]]. The Dallas Fed is the only one where all external branches reside in the same state (although the region itself includes northern Louisiana as well as southern New Mexico).

The [[Dallas]] bank is located at 2200 Pearl St. in the [[Uptown Dallas|Uptown]] neighborhood of [[Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas|Oak Lawn]], just north of [[downtown Dallas]] and the [[Arts District, Dallas, Texas|Dallas Arts District]].

Prior to 1992, the bank was located at 400 S. Akard Street, in the [[Government District, Dallas, Texas|Government District]] in [[Downtown Dallas]]. The older Dallas Fed building, which opened in 1921, was built in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-arts]] style, with large limestone structure with massive carved eagles and additional significant detailing; it is a City of Dallas Designated Landmark structure. The current Dallas Fed building, opened in September 1992, was designed by three architectural firms: [[Kohn Pedersen Fox|Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates]], New York; Sikes Jennings Kelly & Brewer, Houston; and [[John S. Chase]], FAIA, Dallas and Houston, Dallas-based Austin Commercial Inc. served as project manager and general contractor.