Busch Building
a.k.a. Kirby Building
1501--1509 Main St., Dallas, TXThe Busch Building, built in 1913 for Augustus A. Busch & Company, stands today as one of the finest examples of the Late Gothic Revival style, which was regarded by many as the most perfect expression of the skyscraper form. Designed by the firm of Barnett, Hayes and Barnett of St. Louis Missouri, in association with Lang and Witchell of Dallas, the building was one of the first in the country, along with the highly acclaimed Woolworth Building in New York by Cass Gilbert, to be built in this style. The seventeen-story building was planned as complementary retail and office space for its counterpart, the Adolphus Hotel. It was the home of A.H. Harris & Company of the now Sanger-Harris Department stores and through a later alteration became the first tall building to house its energy supply on the roof. Drury Blake Alexander's Historic Landmark Survey assigns the Busch Building a first priority status.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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