The Dallas Statler Hilton opened in early 1956, with luminaries from both coasts converging on Dallas for a four-day celebration. A-list Hollywood entertainers, the Governor, a Who’s Who guest list and—among other far-fetched acts—the Hiltonettes chorus girls performing in mink chaps and headdresses representing the “ingredients” of Dallas.
The hotel itself was proclaimed “the last word in hostelries,” and in several ways it really was the first hotel in the country that might be considered modern by today’s standards. At any rate, it instantly took its place as the southwest’s premier hotspot.
30 years of changing culture and technology were sufficient to turn the hotel from modern marvel to unremarkable relic, and Hilton sold the building in 1988. It went though a couple other owners and names on the way down, ending up as the Dallas Grand Hotel by the time it closed for good in 2001.
info from Nostalgic Glass
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