Loop Retail Historic District | |
 State Street in 1907 | |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′N 87°38′W / 41.883°N 87.633°W |
| Area | 26 acres (11 ha)[2] |
| Built | 1871 |
| Architect | Holabird and Roche; Sullivan, Louis Henri, et al. |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Early Commercial, Chicago |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001351[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 27, 1998[3] |
Loop Retail Historic District is a shopping district within the Chicago Loop community area in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Street to the north, Ida B. Wells Drive to the south, State Street to the west and Wabash Avenue to the east. The district has the highest density of National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places and Chicago Landmark designated buildings in Chicago.[2] It hosts several historic buildings including former department store flagship locations Marshall Field and Company Building (now Macy's at State Street), and the Sullivan Center (formerly Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1998.[2][3] It includes 74 contributing buildings and structures, including 13 separately listed Registered Historic Places, and 22 non-contributing buildings. Other significant buildings in the district include the Joffrey Tower, Chicago Theatre, Palmer House, and Page Brothers Building. It also hosts DePaul University's College of Commerce, which includes the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and the Robert Morris College.
The district is most commonly associated with department store buildings. In its heyday the district hosted seven prominent department stores from which six buildings remain today. These include the aforementioned Marshall Field and Company Building, and Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Buildings as well as the National Register of Historic Places A. M. Rothschild & Company Store (pic) at 333 S. State St. The other department store buildings are contributing properties.[2]
- ^ Illinois SP Loop Retail Historic District. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Illinois, 1964 - 2013.
- ^ a b c d Raymond Terry Tatum (June 1, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Loop Retail Historic District". National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) (includes map of district) - ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.