He stayed with the firm's Houston office for about a year, contributing to the design of two homes in the Courtlandt Place subdivision.

His secured his first commission for a major building as a contractor for Mauran, Russell & Crowell of St. Louis, who hired Finn to supervise the construction of the new seventeen-story Rice Hotel.

The name changed to State National Bank, which engaged American Construction Company to start building a new skyscraper in 1922.

In 1947, the real estate brokerage of Huster and Wise purchased the State National Bank Buildings and its two flanking properties for $720,000.

[6] Marriott has been working converting the building into a Moxy Hotel, with its contractors receiving permits to move forward with the project in March 2021.

However, starting in 1981 leading up to the property's NRHP-listing in 1983, a new ownership group began restoration of the State National Bank Building.