Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store

United States historic place
Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store
Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, September 2012
39°16′34″N 76°38′41″W / 39.27611°N 76.64472°W / 39.27611; -76.64472
Area16.2 acres (6.6 ha)
Built1925
Built byWells Bros. Construction Co.
ArchitectMcCaully, W.H.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.00001085[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 2000

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is a historic warehouse and retail building in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an eight-story (plus penthouse) concrete structure and is roughly shaped like a squared-off number "4". The front features a penthouse tower at the main entrance bay with a balcony and capped by a flagpole. The building houses over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of floor space flooded by light from approximately 1,000 large multi-paned, steel frame windows. It was built about 1925 as a mail order and retail warehouse for Montgomery Ward on an 11 acres (4.5 ha) site adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks.[2] The complex was one of nine large warehouses built by the company in the United States.[3]

From 2001 to 2002, the vacant warehouse was restored as an office building by Himmelrich Associates, Inc. for Maryland Department of the Environment, M&T Bank and other tenants.

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

Gallery

  • Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, December 2011
    Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, December 2011

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Montgomery Ward Warehouse". An Engineer's Guide to Baltimore. Baltimore, MD: Center for Educational Resources, Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ Fred B. Shoken (February 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

External links

  • Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, Baltimore City, including photo from 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust
  • Montgomery Park photos - Baltimore Heritage
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Montgomery Ward
Facilities
  • Montgomery Park
  • Montgomery Ward Building (Burlington, Vermont)
  • Montgomery Ward Building (Evansville, Indiana)
  • Montgomery Ward Building (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
  • Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)
  • Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado)
  • Montgomery Ward Building (San Angelo, Texas)
  • Montgomery Ward Company Complex
  • Montgomery Ward Warehouse:
  • Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store
  • Virginia Building
People
  • Aaron Montgomery Ward
Subsidiaries
  • Airline
  • Lechmere
  • Records
  • Riverside
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