Old Chicago Main Post Office
in Chicago, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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404 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States Print route »
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The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall building in downtown Chicago. The original building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921, but it was expanded greatly in 1932. Its capacity was needed to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, swollen by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the United States) and of Sears (its competitor). On May 13, 2016 the building was sold by English real estate developer Bill Davies, who died the next day.
In late 2019 the structure will become the new headquarters of Walgreens, occupying 200,000 square feet and housing 1,800 employees.
