Hartford Building
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location400 N St. Paul Street
Dallas, Texas (USA)
Coordinates32°47′03″N 96°47′52″W / 32.784222°N 96.797737°W / 32.784222; -96.797737
OpeningJanuary 25, 1960
ManagementGood Signature Management, L.L.C.
Technical details
Floor count14
Floor area166,000 sq ft (15,400 m2)
Design and construction
DeveloperTrammell Crow
Website
www.goodsignature.com

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.

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]

References

  1. "The Hartford Building 400 N Saint Paul St". LoopNet. February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  2. The Dallas Morning News, "Office Unit to be Built by Hartford", February 27, 1958, retrieved January 18, 2010.
  3. The Dallas Morning News, "Skyline Boosted With Insurance", October 5, 1958, retrieved January 18, 2010
  4. The Dallas Morning News, "Brick Falls Onto Auto", July 11, 1959. retrieved January 18, 2010
  5. Steve Brown. "Hartford Building sold for $3 million." The Dallas Morning News 21 November 1994, HOME FINAL, BUSINESS: 1D. NewsBank. Web. 18 January 2010.
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