National Register of Historic Places

Rosenberg Brothers Department Store

Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia
Listed
August 18, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82002406

About this property

The Rosenberg Brothers Department Store building is located in downtown Albany, Georgia, USA. The three-story brick structure was built in 1924 in an Italianate/Neo-Renaissance Classical Revival style by J.C. Hind and J. T. Murphy. Jacob Rosenberg was a Jewish merchant who leased a store at this prominent corner lot in 1896. The site was owned by the Tift family, who founded Albany. Rosenberg had a new department store building constructed on the site in 1923 in a Second Renaissance Revival architecture style. When Martin Luther King campaigned in Albany, Joseph Rosenberg fought hard to keep his store and town segregated. It continued in business until 1978 when a second Rosenberg's location opened within the, then new, Albany Mall in 1976. Gray Communications bought and renovated the building in 1985 for $850,000 (~$2.1 million in 2024) to house the Albany Herald. The building, and several nearby buildings, were sold to the city of Albany for $850,000. The Herald, which occupied the building for more than three decades, moved out in December 2019.

Location

126 N. Washington St.
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia
31.57833, -84.15095

Categories

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Sources

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When was Rosenberg Brothers Department Store listed on the National Register?

Rosenberg Brothers Department Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Rosenberg Brothers Department Store?

Rosenberg Brothers Department Store is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Rosenberg Brothers Department Store?

The period of significance for Rosenberg Brothers Department Store is recorded as the industrial era.

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