McCurdy Building
McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building) | |
![]() McCurdy Building, July 2011 | |
37°58′22″N 87°34′19″W / 37.97278°N 87.57194°W / 37.97278; -87.57194 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1920 (1920) |
NRHP reference No. | 79000050[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 1, 1979 |
McCurdy Building, also known as the Sears, Roebuck and Company Building, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1920, and is a four-story brick building. The first floor features large display windows framed with limestone pilasters. A two-story addition was constructed in 1937, later raised to four stories in 1946. A two-story limestone faced addition, known as The Annex, was constructed in 1943. In 1925, it was occupied by the first Sears store to operate as a direct retail business independent of a catalog department.[2]: 2, 3
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Morton Snitzer (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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