Sinclair Building
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Pioneer oilman Richard O. Dulaney hired noted Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson to design this building. It acquired its name from the Sinclair Oil Company which leased offices here soon after the building's completion in 1930. The billion-dollar Sinclair-Prairie Oil Company moved its headquarters here in 1932. Built during the city's oil and gas-inspired golden era, this High-Rise Art Deco building features zig-zag motif, Mayan accents and terra cotta detailing. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1993
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Completed in 1930 at the height of Fort Worth's oil-fueled prosperity, this high-rise was designed by prominent local architect Wiley G. Clarkson for oilman Richard O. Dulaney. It soon took the name of the Sinclair Oil Company, whose offices—and later the headquarters of the billion-dollar Sinclair-Prairie firm—filled its floors. Its Art Deco exterior, rich with zig-zag ornament, Mayan-inspired accents, and terra cotta detailing, captured the confident glamour of the era.
Why it matters
The building is a monument in stone to the petroleum boom that transformed Fort Worth and much of the American Southwest into an industrial powerhouse in the early twentieth century.
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Related people
- · Richard O. Dulaney
- · Wiley G. Clarkson
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