National Historic Landmark

Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
June 1, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
78001129

About this property

The Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is a building complex in the community area of North Lawndale in Chicago, Illinois. The complex hosted most of department-store chain Sears' mail order operations between 1906 and 1993, and it also served as Sears' corporate headquarters until 1973, when the Sears Tower was completed. Of its original 40-acre (16 ha) complex, only three buildings survive and have been adaptively rehabilitated to other uses. The complex was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, at which time it still included the 3,000,000-square-foot (280,000 m2; 69-acre; 28 ha) mail order plant, the world's largest commercial building when it was completed. That building has been demolished, its site taken up by the Homan Square redevelopment project. These core buildings occupy an area bounded on the north by West Arthington Street, the west by Central Park Avenue, the east by Spaulding Avenue, and the south by West Fillmore Street.

Location

925 S. Homan Ave.
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
41.86953, -87.71111

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex listed on the National Register?

Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 1, 1978.

What type of historic resource is Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex?

Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

Is Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.

What is the period of significance for Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex?

The period of significance for Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is recorded as the industrial era.

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