Sheraton Dallas Hotel
| Sheraton Dallas Hotel | |
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The Sheraton Dallas Hotel pictured as the former Adam's Mark
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| Hotel chain | Sheraton |
| General information | |
| Address | 400 N. Olive Street Dallas, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°47′06″N 96°47′42″W / 32.785066°N 96.794884°WCoordinates: 32°47′06″N 96°47′42″W / 32.785066°N 96.794884°W |
| Opening | April 12, 1959 (entire Southland Center complex became a hotel in 1998) |
| Cost | US$35 million |
| Height | 167.64 m (550.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Welton Becket & Associates |
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| Number of rooms | 1,840 |
| Number of suites | 242 Suites: Executive Suite Dallas Suite Jr. Suites 22 Presidential Suites |
| Number of restaurants |
Draft Media Sports Lounge The Kitchen Table Restaurant and Lounge |
| Website | |
| www.sheratondallashotel.com | |
The Sheraton Dallas Hotel, formerly the Adam's Mark Hotel and originally the Southland Center, is a complex of International Style skyscrapers located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas. The hotel is the tallest and largest hotel in Dallas and Texas with 1,840 guest rooms and 260,000 sq ft (24,000 m2) of meeting space. It has been host to pop culture conventions such as Project A-Kon and TwiCon.
The complex was originally designed by Welton Becket & Associates from Los Angeles for the Southland Life Insurance Company. When groundbreaking for the buildings took place in 1955 it was compared to Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, as Southland Center was the first mixed-use project in downtown containing both hotel and office space.
Southland Center was the second major development in the northeast end of downtown now known as the City Center District. The original two buildings, completed in 1958, consisted of the 42-story (550 ft) center tower, the Southland Life Building, and the 28 story (353 ft) south tower, the 510-room Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Celebrities Johnny Weissmuller and June Lockhart appeared at the dedication ceremony in 1959. In early 1981, the 31 story (448 ft) north Skyway Tower was added as additional office space. All three buildings are rectangular slab structures and surrounded by a common base. The facade was covered with curtain walls of glass and 1,000+ spandrel panels of light weight precast concrete faced with blue Italian glass mosaic tiles.
The Southland Life Building overtook the Republic National Bank Building and became from 1959 to 1964 the tallest in the city and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Its height was later surpassed in the city by Republic Center Tower II. For many years after the building's opening, the most exclusive restaurant in downtown Dallas was the Chaparral Club on the 37th floor, and an observation deck was located at the top of the tower.
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