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Magnolia Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Dallas Landmark
Magnolia Building in 2009
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Location	108 S. Akard St., Dallas, Texas
Coordinates	32°46′48″N 96°47′56″W / 32.78000°N 96.79889°W / 32.78000; -96.79889
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1921 (1921)
Architect	Alfred C. Bossom, Lang & Witchell
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts, Renaissance, Skyscraper
Website	Magnolia Dallas Downtown
Part of	Dallas Downtown Historic District (ID04000894)
NRHP reference No.	78002915
RTHL No.	6778
DLMK No.	H/7
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1978
Designated CP	August 11, 2006
Designated RTHL	1978
Designated DLMK	December 10, 1997

The Magnolia Hotel (sometimes called the Magnolia Building, originally the Magnolia Petroleum Building) is a 29-story, Beaux-Arts style, upscale hotel in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas, that for many years was the tallest building in the state after surpassing the Adolphus Hotel. The structure is a Dallas Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The building, which opened next door to the Adolphus Hotel in August 1922 at a cost of US $4 million, was originally the headquarters for the Magnolia Petroleum Company. In 1934, the company erected its trademark neon Pegasus on the building's roof (the Pegasus logo later became the logo of Mobil Oil who merged with Magnolia Petroleum in 1959) to celebrate the American Petroleum Institute's annual meeting, held in Dallas for the first time. The rotating winged horse came to represent the city of Dallas and became one of its most recognizable and endearing landmarks, even after the building became obscured by much larger skyscrapers (the neon Pegasus can now only be seen in the downtown skyline approaching from the south).

By 1974, however, Pegasus stopped rotating due to mechanical problems and in 1977 the property was sold to the city of Dallas. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The building was purchased by Denver, Colorado developers in 1997 and was converted into the luxury 330-room Magnolia Hotel.

In 1999, in preparation for Dallas's Millennium Celebration, Pegasus was taken down to be completely restored. However, the sign was beyond repair and a new sign was recreated from scratch. At midnight on 1 January 2000, the new Pegasus, complete with rotation, was lit for the first time. A copy of the original sign, which sat atop a Mobil Oil station in the Casa Linda neighborhood of Dallas for many decades, is now on display at the Old Red Museum.

Gallery

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• Elevator lobby in the Magnolia Building
• Pegasus elevator medallion
• Photo of the roof in which the red pegasus is placed

See also

• List of buildings and structures in Dallas, Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Dallas County
• List of Dallas Landmarks

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Sam A. Lindsay (December 10, 1997). "Ordinance No. 23371" (PDF). City of Dallas. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
3. Dallassky.com - Magnolia Building. Retrieved 24 August 2006.

External links

• Magnolia Hotels, the company that owns and operates the Dallas Magnolia
• Dallas City Hall's page on the Magnolia Building
• Restoration of the Pegasus sign
• Architectural facts

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