{"nrhp_refnum":"83003133","name":"Hotel Adolphus","other_names":["Adolphus Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1315 Commerce St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.77993219500007,"lon":-96.79941884699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19-story steel-framed hotel tower clad in tapestry brick and gray granite at the northwest corner of Commerce and Akard streets, 1315 Commerce St., downtown Dallas, built 1911-12 to designs by Barnett, Haynes and Barnett of St. Louis.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hotel as a major pre-World War I investment in Dallas by St. Louis brewer Adolphus Busch and as the city's tallest structure for several years. It is described as an outstanding Texas example of Ecole des Beaux Arts influence, with granite and bronze ornament of unusually high quality for Texas buildings of the period.","narrative":"Rising 19 stories at Commerce and Akard streets in downtown Dallas, this hotel was built in 1911-12 for St. Louis brewer Adolphus Busch after Dallas businessmen urged him to provide a first-class hotel. Architect Tom P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes and Barnett designed a steel-framed tower faced in tapestry brick and gray granite, topped by a slate Mansard roof with bronze cresting. Ornament in granite and bronze includes sculptural groups, wrought bronze grilles, large scroll brackets, and figures of Night and Morning by sculptor Leon Hermant. A cylindrical corner tower earned the local nickname \"beer bottle,\" a nod to the brewery money behind the project. The nomination holds it up as a leading Texas example of Beaux Arts design and as a social center of the Southwest. Later additions were excluded from the listing. A restoration finished in 1981 preserved most exterior detail, with only minor changes at street level.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1911-12)","architect_builder":"Barnett, Haynes and Barnett of St. Louis (Tom P. Barnett); local assistance by Alfred Bosser and C.D. Hill; built by the Gilsomite Construction Company","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts (described by writers of the period as Louis XIV style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed in 1980 for restoration and reopened in late 1981 after a major remodeling; the exterior is largely intact, with minor changes to the ground-floor storefronts and entrance canopy.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.051342-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/9716/40971695/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003133.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003133/1b8ccac075-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003133/1b8ccac075-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Dfwcre8tive","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolphus01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dfwcre8tive</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolphus01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971695","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366005"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/hotel-adolphus-83003133/"}