Sixteen stories of Zigzag Moderne rise above you here at the Sinclair Building, originally the Dulaney Building, anchoring the west corner of Fifth and Main Street. Sixteen stories rise above you, the tower measuring about 200 feet, designed to give the "impression of extreme verticality" with its dark green spandrels — a signature touch from Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson. This is a building born of big ambitions: in 1929 Texas oilman and civic booster Richard Otto Dulaney announced plans for a million-dollar modern structure to serve the expanding petroleum business, after he won the property from lawyer, banker, and civic leader K. M. Van Zandt in a poker game.
Dulaney razed the structure at 512 Main Street and erected what would open in 1930 as the Sinclair. Over the decades it served as flexible office space through several renovations until 2013, when Sinclair Holdings Group purchased the tower with the intention of converting it into hotel rooms. Today it operates as an upscale hotel in Marriott’s Autograph Collection, a historic presence among Art Deco neighbors.
The nearby Kress Building and the Blackstone Hotel rise along Fifth and Main, just beyond you.