Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, September 2012
Location 1000 S. Monroe St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°16′34″N 76°38′41″W / 39.27611°N 76.64472°W / 39.27611; -76.64472Coordinates: 39°16′34″N 76°38′41″W / 39.27611°N 76.64472°W / 39.27611; -76.64472
Area 16.2 acres (6.6 ha)
Built 1925
Built by Wells Bros. Construction Co.
Architect McCaully, W.H.
Architectural style Early Commercial, Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 00001085[1]
Added to NRHP September 14, 2000

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is a historic warehouse and retail building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mammoth 8-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 adjacent to the railroad switch track and was one of nine large warehouses built by them in the United States.[2]

From 2001-2002, the vacant warehouse was revived as an office building by Himmelrich Associates, Inc. for tenants including: the Maryland Department of Environment, M&T Bank, as well as other tenants.

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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.


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