Marathon Oil Tower
Skyscraper located in uptown Houston Texas
29°44′59″N 95°28′18″W / 29.7496°N 95.4718°W / 29.7496; -95.4718Marathon Oil Tower is a skyscraper in Uptown Houston. The building rises 562 feet (171 m) in height.[1] It contains 41 floors, and was completed in 1983 and construction only took 22 months.[2] First City Tower currently stands as the 20th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville.
Tenants
The building is named for American petroleum and natural gas exploration company Marathon Oil, which is headquartered in it.[3] In addition Aon Corporation has its Houston offices in the tower.[4]
See also
Texas portal
Architecture portal
- List of tallest buildings in Houston
- List of tallest buildings in Texas
- Architecture of Houston
References
- ^ a b "Marathon Oil Tower". emporis.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ TheSquareFoot. "Marathon Oil Tower". TheSquareFoot. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine." Marathon Oil. Retrieved on August 22, 2009.
- ^ "Office Locations Search Results > Aon offices in Houston, United States of America." Aon Corporation. Retrieved on August 7, 2011. "Aon Fire Protection Engineering 5555 San Felipe Street Suite 1500 Houston, Texas, 77056 United States of America"
External links
- Image of Marathon Oil Tower on Emporis
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