One Main Place, Office skyscraper in Main Street District, Dallas, US.
One Main Place is a 33-story office and hotel tower in downtown Dallas that reaches 445 feet tall and displays clean lines of mid-century modern design. The building combines office spaces, the Westin hotel, dining venues, meeting rooms, and recreational facilities including a pool on the 32nd floor.
One Main Place was conceived in the 1950s by the Dallas, Texas, Corporation as the city's first Superblock, with a 30,000-sq-ft footprint on a 2.4-acre site. Excavation began in 1965 and the 33-floor tower, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, was completed in 1968. It was sold immediately to Equitable Life Insurance Company, later passed to RREEF and RAK Group, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
One Main Place takes its name from its address at 1201 Main Street, and its lobby occupies the former banking hall, now the Westin hotel's reception. The building's 30,000-square-foot footprint covers only a third of its 2.4-acre block, leaving recessed plazas east and west where people pass without crossing automobile traffic. Its lobby and exterior appeared in seasons two and three of the television series Dallas.
The building is accessible during daytime hours from multiple street-level entrances and from the recessed plazas on either side. Visitors can explore the lobby and public spaces, with the side plazas offering good spots to rest or observe downtown activity.
The tower appeared in the television series Dallas as the fictional office building of character Cliff Barnes, making it a location that television fans recognize from the show. This connection to a legendary 1980s series added cultural value beyond its architectural importance.
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