travel42 Hotel Review: The Adolphus, Autograph Collection

The Adolphus, Autograph Collection travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located next door to the modest but fashionable Magnolia Hotel, this Dallas version of the Big Apple's Waldorf Astoria was built by St. Louis beer baron Adolphus Busch in 1912, and it is an impressive representative of the extravagant beaux-arts design of the period.

Capped with elaborate sculpted elements, the 21-story landmark is part of the Marriott's Autograph Collection, and an extensive and eccentric revamp has ushered in its new sovereign. No longe...