Hartford Building (Dallas)
Office in Dallas, Texas
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The Hartford Building is a mid-rise 14 story, 34,000 sq foot[1] skyscraper located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) and is adjacent to DART's St. Paul Station.
| Hartford Building | |
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 Interactive map of the Hartford Building area | |
General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 400 N St. Paul Street Dallas, Texas (USA) |
| Coordinates | 32°47′03″N 96°47′52″W |
| Opening | January 25, 1960 |
| Operator | 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 | |
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.[2] It was developed by Trammell Crow and Eugene Locke, and opened in 1960.[3] An incident occurred during construction in 1959, when a 20-foot (6.1 m) steel beam and a brick fell to street below from one of the 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.[4] The building's Bryan Street Garage with 400 spaces was replaced with a shared-use garage built for the adjacent Patriot Tower in 1981.
The building was sold in 1961, 1967, 1994, and 2013.[5]