# Corrigan Tower

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High rise in Dallas, Texas, United States

Corrigan Tower Interactive map of the Corrigan Tower area General information Status Completed Type Apartments (previously Office) Architectural style Modern, Curtain wall Location 1900 Pacific Ave., Dallas, Texas, United States Coordinates 32°46′58″N 96°47′45″W / 32.782752°N 96.795879°W / 32.782752; -96.795879 Opening 1952 (1952) Cost $5 million Height Antenna spire 282 ft (86 m)[1] Roof 260 ft (79 m) Technical details Floor count 17 Floor area 215,000 sq ft (20,000 m2) Lifts/elevators 5 Design and construction Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick Developer Leo F. Corrigan Corrigan Tower U.S. Historic district – Contributing property Part of Dallas Downtown Historic District (ID04000894[2]) Designated CP August 11, 2006

**Corrigan Tower**, also known as **1900 Pacific** or **1900 Pacific Residences**, is a [high rise](/source/High_rise) located at 1900 Pacific Avenue in the [City Center District](/source/City_Center_District%2C_Dallas%2C_Texas) of [Dallas](/source/Dallas%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas). The building contains 20 floors, now made up of apartments but originally office space, and is of [modernist design](/source/Modern_architecture). It is situated on the high-traffic corner of St. Paul Street and Pacific Avenue, across from [Aston Park](/source/Aston_Park%2C_Dallas) and the future [Pacific Plaza Park](/source/Pacific_Plaza_Park). It lies within the [Harwood Historic District](/source/Harwood_Historic_District), but is not a contributing structure.

## History

The site was previously the location of small commercial structures and the 1,500 seat Tower Theater, which was located at the rear of and accessed through the [Tower Petroleum Building](/source/Tower_Petroleum_Building).[3]

After developer [Leo Corrigan](/source/Leo_Corrigan) purchased the Tower Petroleum Building in 1942, Corrigan Tower was designed by architect [Wyatt C. Hedrick](/source/Wyatt_C._Hedrick) as a 215,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) addition to the adjoining building. The new building was connected on floors 4-14, creating a two-building complex with 325,000 square feet (30,200 m2) of general office space.[4] Construction began in 1951 and the building opened in 1952.[5]

To preserve the Tower Theater, it was necessary for Corrigan Tower to build around the structure along Pacific Avenue. A new fire stair for evacuation of the theater balcony was constructed, which led from the balcony through the building to St. Paul Street. Corrigan Tower was separated by a 20-foot-wide (6 m) light well to preserve the north façade of the Tower Petroleum Building. The two buildings shared a wall only at the easternmost bay, which allowed occupants of Corrigan Tower to exit directly into Tower Petroleum and access the building's fire stair. The entrance to the building was located on St. Paul Street (although patrons could also enter through the Tower Petroleum Building), and the lobby featured 5 high speed elevators.[6] The building became a popular location for insurance and financial service tenants.

The building's lower levels were heavily altered during a renovation in 1979, although the upper levels were never changed. The Tower Theater was demolished and in its place was constructed a new, 3-story entrance and lobby on Pacific Avenue which was connected to the original lobby space. Black granite was added to the base of the building to match the Tower Petroleum Building. A few years later during the construction of [1700 Pacific](/source/1700_Pacific) across St. Paul Street, a [skybridge](/source/Skyway) was constructed within the light well to connect the buildings with neighboring [Pacific Place](/source/Pacific_Place_(Dallas%2C_Texas)) and the [Dallas Pedestrian Network](/source/Dallas_Pedestrian_Network).[7]

The building was sold in 1995.[8] By 2003 the building was closed and options for residential conversion were being considered, included using the Corrigan Tower as a parking garage for the neighboring Tower Petroleum Building.[9] In 2007 the owner, Rita Sweeney, requested $12 million in incentives from the City of Dallas to demolish the structure and in its place construct a 52-story condominium tower designed by [Michael Graves](/source/Michael_Graves).[10] Parking would have been provided beneath the future [Pacific Plaza Park](/source/Pacific_Plaza_Park). After Rita Sweeney's death in 2007 and the economic recession, however, the project was put on hold and the property listed for sale.[11]

In recent years, Corrigan Tower was redone as apartments and now uses 1900 Pacific Residences to identify itself.

## Design

The structure, representative of modernism in the 1950s, rises 17 stories as one mass with a mechanical room and spire with flag pole that rises an additional 22 feet (6.7 m). The façades of the building were designed as solid masonry planes of light brick without any detail until they meet the northwest corner, which is primarily glass with ribbon windows and thin brick spandrels.[12]

[Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals):
- [National Register of Historic Places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:National_Register_of_Historic_Places)
- [Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Texas)

## See also

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Dallas_County%2C_Texas)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Emporis.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604195317/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=corrigantower-dallas-tx-usa) Emporis

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nris_2-0)** ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). November 2, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf](http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf) UCR Urban Chronology. Retrieved January 22, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Corrigan to Erect $5,000.000 Building at Pacific, St. Paul". The Dallas Morning News. September 24, 1950.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Downtown Office Space Need Grows". *The Dallas Morning News*. January 13, 1952.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf](http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf) UCR Urban Chronology. Retrieved January 22, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf](http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf) UCR Urban Chronology. Retrieved January 22, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Steve Brown. "Far Eastern investor buys downtown towers." The Dallas Morning News 15 January 1995, HOME FINAL, BUSINESS: 4H. NewsBank. Web. 22 January 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** STEVE BROWN. "In high demand - Developers betting market is still hot for skyscraper lofts." Dallas Morning News, The (TX) 18 April 2003, SECOND, BUSINESS: 1D. NewsBank. Web. 22 January 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** DAVE LEVINTHAL. "Downtown club a sore spot in tax break talks - Dallas: Some on council open to developers despite problem tenant." Dallas Morning News, The (TX) 19 April 2007, WEST, METRO: 15B. NewsBank. Web. 22 January 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** DAVE LEVINTHAL. "RITA SWEENEY - Developer sought to revitalize downtown." Dallas Morning News, The (TX) 23 October 2007, FIRST, METRO: 5B. NewsBank. Web. 22 January 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf](http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf) UCR Urban Chronology. Retrieved January 22, 2010.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.1900pacific.com/)

- [UCR Urban Real Estate Description](http://www.ucrurban.com/property_uploads/200905011108300.tower%20petroleum-1900%20pacific.pdf)

v t e Downtown Dallas Only items within the "Loop" are listed. Areas Arts District City Center District Convention Center District Farmers Market District Harwood Historic District Government District Main Street District Reunion District West End Historic District Dallas Downtown Historic District Education Primary and secondary schools Dallas ISD Washington PVA Dallas HS (closed) Lassiter ECHS Pegasus of Liberal Arts & Sciences Other education Dallas County Community College District (El Centro College) Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Universities Center at Dallas University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law Skyscrapers and complexes 1600 Pacific Tower (LTV Tower) (Hilton Garden Inn) 1700 Pacific 2100 Ross Avenue Adolphus Hotel Bank of America Plaza Bryan Tower Chase Tower Comerica Bank Tower Corrigan Tower Dallas Hilton (Hotel Indigo) Davis Building Energy Plaza First National Bank Tower Fountain Place Hyatt Regency Dallas The Joule Hotel Kirby Building KPMG Centre Magnolia Hotel Mercantile Commerce Building (AC Hotel; Residence Inn) Mercantile Continental Building Mercantile National Bank Building Museum Tower Omni Dallas Hotel One Arts Plaza One Dallas Center One Main Place (Westin Hotel) Pacific Place Plaza of the Americas Renaissance Tower Republic Center Reunion Tower Ross Tower Salazar Center Santa Fe Terminal Complex Sheraton Dallas Hotel Statler Hotel & Residences Thanksgiving Tower Tower Petroleum Building (Cambria Hotel Dallas) Trammell Crow Center Crow Museum of Asian Art Whitacre Tower Parks Civic Garden Park Dealey Plaza Ferris Plaza Main Street Garden Park Pegasus Plaza Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park Thanks-Giving Square Klyde Warren Park Religious buildings Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe Fellowship Church First Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church of Dallas First United Methodist Church St. Jude Chapel St. Paul United Methodist Church Other landmarks AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Annette Strauss Square Butler Brothers Building Citywalk@Akard Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse Dallas City Hall Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) Dawson State Jail (closed) Dallas Farmers Market Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Dallas Municipal Building Dallas Museum of Art Dallas Pedestrian Network Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Dallas World Aquarium Dal-Tex Building Dealey Plaza Fairmont Hotel Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Majestic Theatre Manor House Apartments Mayflower Building Moody Performance Hall Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Nasher Sculpture Center Neiman Marcus Building Old Dallas Central Library (The Dallas Morning News) Pioneer Plaza Pioneer Park Cemetery Sanger Harris Building (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Texas School Book Depository (Dallas County Administration Building) Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Thanks-Giving Square Titche–Goettinger Building Wilson Building Transportation Dallas CBD Vertiport DART rail stations Akard Convention Center Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Union Station West End/West Transfer Center Streetcar services M-Line Trolley Dallas Streetcar Crime JFK assassination 2016 shooting of police officers 2019 courthouse shooting First Baptist Academy of Dallas was previously in Downtown Dallas

v t e Skyscrapers in Dallas Current Bank of America Plaza Renaissance Tower Comerica Bank Tower Chase Tower Fountain Place Trammell Crow Center 1700 Pacific Avenue Thanksgiving Tower Energy Plaza First National Bank Tower Gables Republic Tower Republic Center Tower II Whitacre Tower Ross Tower Tower at Cityplace Reunion Tower Sheraton Dallas Hotel Mercantile National Bank Building Bryan Tower Magnolia Hotel Harwood Center 717 Harwood 2100 Ross Avenue Renaissance Dallas Hotel One Dallas Center One Main Place 1600 Pacific Tower Omni Dallas Hotel The Mondrian Adolphus Hotel Davis Building Kirby Building Tower Petroleum Building Corrigan Tower Plaza of the Americas Pacific Place The Crescent See also List of tallest buildings in Dallas

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