The Joule Hotel is a five-star, 164-room hotel developed by Headington Hotels, owned by
Timothy Headington. Located at 1530 Main Street, between Akard Street and Ervay Street, the building was constructed in 1927 as the Dallas National Bank Building, and was known later as the SPG Building. At the end of Stone Street Plaza, it is in the Main Street District of
downtown Dallas
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,
Texas
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, and with the
Kirby Building
The Kirby Building, historically known as the Busch Building, is a 17-story skyscraper in the Main Street District of Downtown Dallas. The structure was completed in 1913 by beer magnate Adolphus Busch to accompany his nearby Hotel Adolphus. Th ...
, one of two
Gothic
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*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
high-rises in the city.
Its 10th floor
pool
Pool may refer to:
Water pool
* Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming
* Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings
* Tide pool, a rocky po ...
cantilevers eight feet over the easement below, and was designed by ARCHITEXAS (Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, Inc).
[ ] The interior was designed by
Adam Tihany
Adam D. Tihany (born Transylvania in 1948) is a hospitality designer based in New York. He founded multidisciplinary design firm Tihany Design in 1978, and is considered the originator of the title "restaurant designer". His firm has designed ho ...
, and the lobby level is home to the Americano and CBD Provisions restaurants in addition to Weekend Coffee. Cocktail bar Midnight Rambler occupies the basement and features decor based on the bar from
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and
David Lynch's Silencio Club
Silencio (Portuguese or Spanish for "silence") may refer to:
Music
* "Silencio" (Rafael Hernández song), 1932 bolero by Rafael Hernández
* "Silencio", a 1953 song by Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera
* "Silencio" (David Bisbal song), from the 2 ...
.
From 2005 through 2007, evidence of a fire was discovered during ongoing renovations of the building next to the Joule. According to pictures available at the Dallas Public Library, in 1951, a significant fire occurred at the National Shirt Shop and Manuel's Cleaners, former businesses directly to the East of the Dallas National Bank building.
Gallery
Image:Joule_Facade_1.jpg, 1530 Main St, Dallas, TX
Image:Joule_Facade_4.jpg, 1530 Main St, Dallas, TX
Image:Joule_Facade_8.jpg, 1530 Main St, Dallas, TX
See also
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References
External links
History of Dallas
Skyscraper hotels in Dallas
National Register of Historic Places in Dallas
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