Sinclair Building - Fort Worth, TX
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N 32° 45.241 W 097° 19.850
14S E 656367 N 3625250
This office building used to be the headquarters of the Sinclair-Prairie Oil Company.
Waymark Code: WM3304
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2008
Views: 56
One of Fort Worth's finest examples of Art Deco style, this sixteen story Zigzag Moderne building features Mayan-inspired detailing in the screen above the main entrance, in the stepped-fret design of the limestone parapets, and in the corbeled arch surrounds around the ground floor elevator doors. Noted Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson was hired to design the most up-to-date skyscraper in the city. Visits were made to Chicago, Detroit, and New York before finalizing the design. The building picked up the name of its first major tenant, Sinclair Oil.
Fort Worth & Tarrant County, an Historical Guide, 2003, Carol Roark, TCU Press
Street address:
512 Main Street
Fort Worth, TX United States
76102
County / Borough / Parish: Tarrant County
Year listed: 1992
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering; Art Deco, Modern Movement
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Office Building
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Office Building
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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