Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex
in Chicago, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is a complex in Chicago that includes the Sears Merchandise Building Tower and the Sears, Roebuck and Company Administration Building. It was the headquarters and main operations for all parts of the Sears Roebuck Company for almost seven decades.Original Sears Tower 1906
Automatic Telephone Switchboard 1906
Long distance operators switchboard 1906
Catalog printing facilities 1906
Pneumatic tube system 1906
Administration Building 1906
Drinking fountains (300), and Moving Stairway escalator 1920
Recreation room and library
WLS radio station 1924
Sears first retail outlet 1926
Allstate Insurance 1931
Allstate building 1945
Homart Development Company 1959
Parking deck 1960, added needs for employee parking.
Of the original 41.6-acre (168,000 m2) complex, an area of 16 acres (65,000 m2) was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.
A development named Homan Square has, in recent years, been constructed which consists of new residences, retail, and a community center on the site of the old Sears headquarters. Homan Square is often used as an example of the gradual turn around of North Lawndale. Included in this reconstruction effort is the massive rehabilitation of the Homan Square Power House, into the Charles H. Shaw Technology and Learning Center—a LEED Platinum historic renovation designed by Farr Associates.
Relatedly, the current National Historic Landmark status statement questions whether the site, given changes, should be continued as a National Historic Landmark.
