McCURDY~SEARS BUILDING
N 37° 58.370 W 087° 34.271
16S E 449832 N 4202954
McCURDY~SEARS BUILDING BUILT IN 1920 IN EVANSVILLE, IN.
Waymark Code: WM8EMC
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2010
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McCURDY~SEARS BUILDING
Built in 1920 for financier and philanthropist William H.McCurdy(1853~1930), president of Old National Bank. Constructed of reinforced concrete with poured concrete floors, employing architectural developments newly pioneered for industrial buildings. Building leased by Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1925 for retail use.
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This very successful sotre was Sears' first retail outlet located outside a mail order city. Sears' expansion to department stores was prompted by population shifts from rural to urban areas. Building was remodeled and enlaged 1937, 1943, 1946. Store closed 1975. Renovated and restored 1991. Building listed in National Register of Historic Places 1979.
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau.
Vanderburgh County Historical Society and Old National Bancorp
County: Vanderburgh
Year Placed: 1999
Name: McCurdy~Sears Building
ID#: Not listed
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