Marshall Field and Company Store is a building in Oak Park, Illinois that was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1988. It is one of the two locations (along with the Evanston location) that the company chose to expand to when it decided to add suburban stores.[2] The store is a miniature replica of the Marshall Field and Company Building in the Chicago Loop and a twin of the Evanston store.[3]
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| Location | 1144 W. Lake St. Oak Park, Illinois  United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′21.32″N 87°48′16.02″W / 41.8892556°N 87.8044500°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002510 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 1988 |
The building served as a Marshall Field's store from its opening until 1986, when Marshall Field's then-owner BATUS Inc. closed it because it was deemed out of date and too costly to operate. The building housed a Borders book store, until all the locations were closed in 2011. Today, it houses several offices.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Stoffel, Jennifer (September 13, 1987). "IN THE NATION; Evanston: A Landmark Marshall Field's Is Becoming Residential Lofts". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ "Evanston Galleria Recalls Heyday of Marshall Field's Building". Winthrop Properties. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
