The Magnolia Hotel—often referred to as the Magnolia Building—is a 29-story, Beaux-Arts–style landmark in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas. For many years, it was the tallest building in Texas, and today it remains both a Dallas Landmark and a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
 
Opened in August 1922 next door to the Adolphus Hotel, the building originally served as the headquarters for the Magnolia Petroleum Company. In 1934, the company installed its now-famous neon Pegasus on the roof to mark the American Petroleum Institute’s annual meeting in Dallas. The rotating winged horse quickly became a symbol of the city—one that still defines the Dallas skyline today.
 
Here’s something many don’t realize: the Pegasus you see today isn’t the original. It’s a carefully recreated version, rebuilt to preserve the scale and spirit of the original after years of wear—still rotating, still glowing, and still watching over downtown.
 
In 1959, Magnolia Petroleum Company merged with Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, which later became Mobil Oil, and Mobil adopted the Pegasus as its logo. The building was purchased by Denver, Colorado developers in 1997 and was converted into the luxury 330-room Magnolia Hotel.

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