They designed the hotel as a 14-story, reinforced concrete and masonry structure in a simplified Sullivanesque style with symmetrical facades and Beaux Arts detailing.

Its horseshoe plan is similar to that of the Magnolia Building and features two massive towers projecting toward Harwood Street which form an open court.

The towers were tied together on the main (Harwood) facade with a frontispiece entrance and an elaborate bridge at the tenth level.

Hilton maximized all available space in the public areas of the hotel for an assortment of vending services.

Hilton's private offices were also located on the mezzanine level as were seven sample rooms with Murphy wall beds.

[7] The competition of the luxurious Adolphus and Baker Hotels located just blocks away compelled Hilton to formulate a marketing strategy for attracting a new clientele — "The Average Man" — to whom a moderately priced, modern hotel of handsome design would appeal in a city where there were few alternatives.

In 1977, Opal Sebastian, real estate investor, purchased the building and changed the name to the Plaza Hotel.

All floors above the fourth level had been closed for an unknown period of time, and all rooms were in poor condition.

The Dallas Plaza Partners contracted with Corgan to restore the hotel and Jerry O'Hara to renovate the interior, which took ten months.