Macy's Herald Square

R. H. Macy and Company Store
(1907)
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Location151 West 34th Street
Manhattan, New York
Coordinates40°45′01″N 73°59′18″W / 40.75028°N 73.98833°W / 40.75028; -73.98833
Built1901; 123 years ago (1901)
ArchitectDe Lemos & Cordes
NRHP reference No.78001873
NYSRHP No.06101.001712
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1978[2]
Designated NHLJune 2, 1978[3]
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980[1]

Macy's Herald Square (originally named the R. H. Macy and Company Store) is the flagship of Macy's department store, as well as the Macy's, Inc. corporate headquarters, on Herald Square in Manhattan, New York City. The building's 2.5 million square feet (230,000 m2),[4] which includes 1.25 million square feet (116,000 m2) of retail space, makes it the largest department store in the United States and among the largest in the world. The store has an in-store jail, Room 140, where customers suspected of shoplifting are detained.[5]

The Macy's building was completed in 1902 after the store had occupied several previous locations in New York City. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places and was made a National Historic Landmark in 1978.[3][2][6]

  1. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "R.H. Macy and Company Store". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Oh, Inae (November 1, 2011). "Macy's $400 Million Grand Makeover To Flagship Store". The Huffington Post.
  5. ^ Elliott, Andrea (June 17, 2003). "In Stores, Private Handcuffs for Sticky Fingers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  6. ^ Adams, George R. (February 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: R. H. Macy and Company Store" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, undated (1.03 MB)