A. M. Rothschild & Company Store
A. M. Rothschild & Company Store | |
Location | 333 S. State St., Chicago, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 41°52′39″N 87°37′38″W / 41.87750°N 87.62722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Architect | Holabird & Roche |
Architectural style | Chicago school, Beaux Arts |
NRHP reference No. | 89002025[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 27, 1989 |
The A. M. Rothschild & Company Store, also known as the Goldblatt's Building, is a historic department store building located at 333 South State Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
The store was built in 1912 for the Rothschild & Company department store, which was founded in the late 1800s by Abram M. Rothschild. Prominent Chicago School architects Holabird & Roche designed the store; while the firm had also designed the company's previous, smaller store, the 1912 building was their first and only full-block department store design. The building's skeletal frame and large windows are typical of Chicago School buildings, while its extensive terra cotta ornamentation reflects the then-popular Beaux-Arts style. Rothschild & Company occupied the building until 1923, when Marshall Field & Company purchased it; it was sold again in 1936 to Goldblatt's, who ran their flagship store in the building until 1981.[2]
As of 2022, the building is owned by DePaul University and is primarily used for classrooms, though the building also contains the university's downtown library, cafeteria, and student union. A Barnes & Noble store uses most of the first-level retail space.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1989.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Lee, John Choon-Hyuk; Michael, Vincent (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rothschild, A. M. & Company Store" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-01. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Illinois
- Chicago school architecture in Illinois
- Commercial buildings completed in 1912
- Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places
- Cook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs