Municipal Archives

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Dallas Municipal Archives
municipal.archives@dallas.gov
1500 Marilla St., Rm L2DN
Dallas, Texas 75201

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Municipal Building Contracts, 1913-1914

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Collection 1997-020

Overview

Repository	Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	City of Dallas
Title	Municipal Building Contracts
Dates	1913-1914
Quantity	5 linear inches
Abstract	Municipal building contracts for building a City Hall at 2014 Main Street.
Identification	1997-020
Language	Records are in English

Scope and Content

Collection documents the design and construction of the City of Dallas 1914 city hall, called the Municipal Building. In May 1910, Dallas officials determined that the City Hall, then situated on the northwest corner of Commerce and Akard Streets, had become too small to serve adequately the city's population of over 90,000. They sold the property to Adolphus Busch, who built the Adolphus Hotel at that site. A number of locations were considered for the new municipal facility before C. C. Slaughter suggested this site, which the city purchased in the fall of 1911. Voters approved a bond issue in an April 1912 election, and construction began in May 1913. The completed building opened on Oct. 17, 1914, to coincide with the start of the State Fair.

C. D. Hill and Co. of Dallas designed the five-story Beaux-Arts City Hall, constructed of Texas gray granite. Ornate Corinthian columns line the Classical facade. The interior of the structure, originally finished with marble floors and mahogany woodwork, has been remodeled periodically to provide additional office space. In 1956, the adjacent municipal building was erected to serve the growing city. In the basement of this structure on November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

The collection contains contracts for all aspects of the design and construction of the Municipal Building.

Organization

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

Municipal Building Contracts, 1913-1914 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Material

Collection 1991-048—Resolution - Contract - Fred A. Jones Building Company - Municipal Building, 1913

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Historic buildings -- Texas -- Dallas -- Conservation and restoration
Dallas (Tex.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Container List

Box	Folder	Title, Date
1	1	C. D. Hill and Company Architects, contract for architecture plans, January 22, 1913
	2	The Fred A. Jones Building Company, contract for building contractor, March 12, 1913 Report on two alternate bids to be added to contract, February 7, 1913
	3	Noelke-Richards Iron Works, contract for structural iron, August 4, 1913
	4	W. M. Clower Electric Company, contract for electrical wiring, October 10, 1913
	5	Kinnison Brothers Heating and Ventilating, contract for heating and ventilating plant, October 10, 1913
	6	H. T. Kilpatrick, contract for plumbing and drainage, October 17, 1913
	7	Otis Elevator Company, contract for elevators and electric sidewalk lifts, November 7, 1913
	8	Oscar Daniels Company, contract for steel & iron construction, November 24, 1913
	9	R. Russell Stapler, contract for superintendent of construction, November 26, 1913
	10	Mayfield Lumber Company, contract for lumber, December 12, 1913
	11	Mosler Safe Company, contract for vault doors, December 12, 1913
	12	Jones Lumber Company, contract for lumber, December 15, 1913
	13	Bonner Marshall Brick Company, contract for face brick, December 29, 1913
	14	Bloomington Cut Stone Company, contract for cut stone, January 7, 1914 Dallas Builders Supply Company, contract for Spencer Turbine Vacuum Cleaner, January 5, 1914
	15	Ogburn Gravel Company, contract for brick sand, January 7, 1914
	16	Dallas Press Brick Company, contract for common brick, January 7, 1914
	17	Imperial Water Proof Company, Ltd, contract for waterproof materials, January 14, 1914
	18	Collinsville Manufacturing Company, contract for sheet metal, tile roofing, and metal windows, January 23, 1914
	19	Uhrich Planing Mill Company, contract for mill work, January 21, 1914
	20	A. L. Gooch, contract for granite, February 9, 1914 W. P. Crosman, contract for concrete sand, January 28, 1914
	21	Spuck Iron and Foundry Company, contract for ornamental iron and steel work, February 11, 1914
	22	S. F. Bowser and Company, contract for gasoline tank, February 18, 1914
	23	D. C. Collawn, contract for plastering, February 20, 1914
	24	New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company, contract for terra cotta, February 23, 1914
	25	The Texas Glass and Paint Company, contract for glass, March 9, 1914
	26	P. M. Bruner Granitoid Company, contract for sidewalk lights, March 16, 1914
	27	Vermont Marble Company, contract for furnishing and performing all marble work, March 30, 1914
	28	Otto Bowman, contract for painting, April 20, 1914
	29	Moroney Hardware Company, contract for hardware, May 20, 1914
	30	J. Desco and Son, contract for tile floor and base, June 1, 1914
	31	Dallas Roofing Company, contract for roofing, July 1, 1914 Bloomington Cut Stone Company, contract for cut stone, June 10, 1914
	32	Uhrich Planing Mill Company, contract for counters, July 13, 1914
	33	Egan Fixture Company, contract for electrical fixtures and fans, July 22, 1914
	34	Art Metal Construction Company, contract for metal vault filing devices, July 24, 1914
	35	C. A. Bryant Company, contract for auditorium seats, July 24, 1914