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Land
for Magnolia Station was first purchased and developed
in 1911 by the Magnolia Petroleum Company. A group of
investors built the petroleum blending and distribution
center over the next seven years. Building D served as
the original Magnolia Building offices until the company
built its more familiar downtown headquarters with the
flying red horse on top in the 1920's. Other site buildings
include the warehouse, the cooper's building, the pump
house, the machine shop, the truck garage, and the blending
shed. Today they all contain loft apartments.
The
solid masonry buildings were part of the fabulous Texas
oil boom and represent a historic growth period in the
State's development. The entire project is now listed
on the Department of Interior's National Register of Historic
Places. Magnolia, now Mobil Oil, moved in 1958. The property
was subsequently owned by Neuhoff Brothers Meat Packing
Company, and Kaymac Paper Company. It was purchased and
developed as loft apartments in 1993 by the Bennett Miller
Company.
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