Rankin's
United States historic place
Rankin Building | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
 Contemporary view of the Rankin Building | |
33°44′54″N 117°52′06″W / 33.7482°N 117.8684°W / 33.7482; -117.8684 | |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
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| Built | 1917 |
| Built by | George Dreble |
| Architect | Elwing and Tedford (Santa Ana, California) |
| Architectural style | Chicago, Beaux Arts |
| Part of | Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts (ID8400438) |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001220[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1983 |
Rankin's was a department store at 117 West Fourth Street at Sycamore in downtown Santa Ana, California. The Rankin Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on its own and also as a contributing property of the Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts.
The store had its origins as the Rankin Dry Goods company, founded in 1894. Mr. J. H. Rankin of Bloomfield, Indiana, together with T. D. Huff & Sons opened up the dry goods store on the site of Swanner's Grocery Store.[2] The store was enlarged three times before moving into the 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2), three-story space at Fourth and Sycamore in 1917.[3][4]
Locations
In 1956, Rankin's announced plans to open a branch in Orange County Plaza at Chapman Avenue and Brookhurst Street in Garden Grove, now site of The Promenade at Garden Grove. The branch was to measure 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m2).[5][6]
In addition to its Santa Ana store, Rankin's had a location in Fullerton at Orangefair Mall from 1958.[7]
Advertisements promoted the Orangefair branch from May 3 through September, 1959.[8]
Rankin Building (1917)
The 1917 building is a rectangular sand colored brick building featuring a grey pressed metal cornice, modified Chicago style upper level windows, and blue-grey ceramic brick on the first story. The building was rehabilitated in 1982 and the present storefront design dates from that rehabilitation program. The building is individually listed on the National Register (1983).[9]
The architects were Elwing and Tedford of Santa Ana.
When opened on November 9, 1917, the building was referred to as the "Rutherford" building, structure or block. It was characterized as "metropolitan in nature" and "the most beautiful in the entire county".[10]
Gallery
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Rankin's Department Store c. 1917 -
Interior of Rankin's c. 1917
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "In Southern California: Santa Ana: An interesting Batch of Mining News. Local Affairs". Los Angeles Herald. January 12, 1894. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ "Sign Lease for Block Costing $50,000". Santa Ana Register. April 16, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ "Store Policy Is Announced: Answer Rumor". January 28, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ "Merchants announce new store opening". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1956. p. 131.
- ^ "Orange County Plaza Center will have two supermarkets". Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, California). February 23, 1959. p. 53.
- ^ "Rankin's advertisement". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 1959. p. 206. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ "Search".
- ^ "Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts"; National Register of Historic Places nomination form
- ^ "Rutherford Structure Metropolitan in Character". Santa Ana Register. November 8, 1917. p. Section 2. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
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"firsts"
- Oldest origins of a major L.A. chain: Harris & Frank (1876) - 1st dept. store on Broadway: A. Fusenot Co./Ville de Paris - 1st dept. store on 7th off Broadway: J. W. Robinson's (1915) - 1st planned shopping district: Westwood Village (1929) - 1st suburban dept. store branch: B. H. Dyas/Broadway Hollywood (1927) - 1st center with multiple supermarkets: Broadway & 87th Street shopping center (1936) - 1st center with department store anchor: Broadway-Crenshaw Center (1947) - 1st enclosed mall: Lakewood Center (1951) - 1st mall in Orange County: Anaheim Plaza (1955) - 1st center with 4 dept. stores: Panorama City Shopping Center (1964)
