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A. M. Rothschild & Company Store

Coordinates: 41°52′39″N 87°37′38″W / 41.87750°N 87.62722°W / 41.87750; -87.62722
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A. M. Rothschild & Company Store
A. M. Rothschild & Company Store is located in Illinois
A. M. Rothschild & Company Store
A. M. Rothschild & Company Store is located in the United States
A. M. Rothschild & Company Store
Location333 S. State St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′39″N 87°37′38″W / 41.87750°N 87.62722°W / 41.87750; -87.62722
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectHolabird & Roche
Architectural styleChicago school, Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.89002025[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.