One Main Place
National Register of Historic Places

One Main Place

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Listed
May 14, 2015
Type
Building
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
15000245

About this property

One Main Place is a mixed-use skyscraper hotel and office building at 1201 Main Street in Dallas, Texas. The building rises 445 ft (136 m). Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it contains 33 above-ground floors, and was completed in 1968. One Main Place is the 27th-tallest building in the city. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. Originally conceived in the 1950s by the Dallas, Texas, Corporation to become Dallas's first Superblock, the building's 30,000-sq-ft footprint occupies only a third of the 2.4-acre property, almost a full city block. To the east and west of the property, recessed plazas provided tenants with access to the exterior without the intrusion of automobiles. The 1.1 million-sq-ft building includes five subsurface levels tied to the Dallas Pedestrian Network and a 700-space parking garage. Excavation work on the project began in 1965 and construction was completed in 1968. Following completion, One Main was immediately sold to Equitable Life Insurance Company. Subsequent owners included RREEF and RAK Group. Today, New Orleans–based KFK Group owns the building known as "One Main". In 2015, a large portion of the building was converted to a hotel, the Westin Dallas Downtown. Opened in December 2015, the hotel has an entrance on the ground floor, while the second floor of the building houses the hotel's public rooms, with the lobby in the former banking hall, as well as a restaurant and a bar. The third floor houses convention facilities. The top 10 floors of the building have been converted to hotel rooms, leaving 10 floors of offices. The 32nd floor houses a pool and the Westin Workout Studio overlooking Main Street.

Location

1201 Main St.
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
32.78035, -96.80187

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was One Main Place listed on the National Register?

One Main Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 2015.

What type of historic resource is One Main Place?

One Main Place is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for One Main Place?

The period of significance for One Main Place is recorded as the pre_contact era, specifically around 1201.

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