Hartford Building (Dallas)

Hartford Building
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Location 400 N St. Paul Street
Dallas, Texas (USA)
Coordinates 32°47′03″N 96°47′52″W / 32.784222°N 96.797737°W / 32.784222; -96.797737Coordinates: 32°47′03″N 96°47′52″W / 32.784222°N 96.797737°W / 32.784222; -96.797737
Opening January 25, 1960
Management Good Signature Management, L.L.C.
Technical details
Floor count 14
Floor area 166,000 sq ft (15,400 m2)
Design and construction
Developer Trammell Crow
Website
www.goodsignature.com

The Hartford Building is a mid-rise skyscraper located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) and adjacent to DART's St. Paul Station.

History

The $5 million office building, built during a time of large insurance growth in Dallas, was constructed to serve as the southwestern regional home office for the Hartford Fire Insurance Group.[1] It was developed by Trammell Crow and Eugene Locke and opened in 1960.[2] In separate incidents during construction in 1959, a 20-foot (6.1 m) steel beam and a brick fell to street level from upper floors. The beam pierced a truck and was embedded into the pavement and the brick bounced off a car below; amazingly, no one was injured.[3] The building's 400 space Bryan Street Garage was replaced with a shared-use garage built for the adjacent Patriot Tower in 1981.

The building was sold in 1961, 1967, 1994 and in 2013.[4]

References

  1. The Dallas Morning News, "Office Unit to be Built by Hartford", February 27, 1958, retrieved January 18, 2010.
  2. The Dallas Morning News, "Skyline Boosted With Insurance", October 5, 1958, retrieved January 18, 2010
  3. The Dallas Morning News, "Brick Falls Onto Auto", July 11, 1959. retrieved January 18, 2010
  4. Steve Brown. "Hartford Building sold for $3 million." The Dallas Morning News 21 November 1994, HOME FINAL, BUSINESS: 1D. NewsBank. Web. 18 January 2010.

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