{"nrhp_refnum":"79003011","name":"Hotel Texas","other_names":["Fort Worth-Sheraton"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"815 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.75258996100007,"lon":-97.32934745199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fourteen-story red brick hotel occupying a full city block at 815 Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas, built in 1920 and opened in 1921, designed by Sanguinet and Staats with associate architects from St. Louis.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is an integral part of Fort Worth's skyline and represents the skyscraper era of the early oil boom. It is also valued for an unusual blend of Georgian, Renaissance and Beaux Arts detailing on a Chicago School base, shaft and cornice format. It served as a social and professional hub for the city, and President John F. Kennedy spent his last night there in 1963.","narrative":"Fourteen stories of red brick and white terra cotta rise from a full city block on Main Street in Fort Worth. Built in 1920 and opened in September 1921, the Hotel Texas was commissioned by the Citizens Hotel Company, a group of city leaders who wanted the finest hotel in the South. Sanguinet and Staats of Fort Worth designed it with associate architects from St. Louis, combining Georgian, Renaissance and Beaux Arts ornament on a Chicago School base, shaft and cornice arrangement. Decorative terra cotta includes Texas Longhorn motifs. The hotel went up during the oil boom and the skyscraper era, on the site of the earlier Worth Hotel. It hosted thousands of guests and many conventions, and President John F. Kennedy stayed there on November 21, 1963. A 1961 ballroom wing is part of the listed property, while a 1967 annex across the street is excluded. Renovation was planned when it was listed.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1920)","architect_builder":"Sanguinet and Staats, Architects; Mavran, Russell, and Clowell, Associate Architects, St. Louis, Missouri","architectural_style":"Chicago School format with Georgian and Renaissance detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition; recently sold, with new owners beginning a renovation to reopen it as the Fort Worth Hyatt Regency. The 1961 ballroom wing is included in the boundary and the 1967 annex is excluded.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.603179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/9734/40973456/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003011.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003011/60df758505-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003011/60df758505-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973456","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Texas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12060135"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/hotel-texas-79003011/"}