PURPOSE-BUILT SERVICEBUILDINGS AND PARKING GARAGES
FOR DEPARTMENT STORES, 1913-1960
Richard Longstreth, compiler
revised 12.1.09
SERVICE BUILDINGS
This compendium offers basic data on buildings constructed specifically for delivery, storage, and other service functions of the over 180 downtown-based department store companies in 59 cities studied for my book, The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960 (Yale University Press, 2010). The list includes discrete facilities attached or adjacent to the main store as well as ones on remote sites. The listings are chronologically arranged by date of opening, beginning with the earliest such facilities I have been able to document.
Numerous sources were used in compiling this material. Women’s Wear Daily and local newspapers were especially useful. Site visits were made in most cases, in which case I have included notation of whether the building still stands followed by the date of my last visit in parentheses as the last line in an entry.
Additions and corrections are welcome. Contact me at .
1913
FAMOUS AND BARR CO., St. Charles Street, St. Louis
opened 1913
10 stories +2 basement
no longer standing (9.00)
1914
OUTLET CO., Pine & Eddy streets, Providence
opened ca. 9.1.14
6 stories + basement, $108,000
no longer standing (4.04)
1915
ROSENBAUM COMPANY, Pittsburgh
opened before 9.1.15
3 stories
delivery station and truck garage
1916
J. L. HUDSON CO., Beaulieu Street, Detroit
opened 1916
1 story
delivery station
demolished ca. 2000
1918
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, Ninth & Poplar streets, Philadelphia
opened 1918
10 stories + basement, 234,000 square feet
warehouse
extant, vacant (10.00)
1920
J. L. HUDSON CO., Detroit
addition
opened ca. 11.20
1-story addition to delivery and warehouse
extant, numerous additions (4.00)
1921
WM. FILENE'S SONS, Memorial Drive & Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
announced ca. 3.1.20, opened ca. 1.8.21
6 stories + basement, 97,200 square feet
no longer standing (7.96)
1922
DAYTON CO., N. Eleventh StreetCarrie Avenue, Minneapolis
opened 1922
2 stories
warehouse
extant (9.00)
1923
MAY CO., 3401 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
announced 3.13.23, opened ca. 7.23
Albert C. Martin & Associates, architect
1 story, 35,000 square feet, $300,000
demolished for new service building 1947
LANSBURGH & BRO., Eighth Street, between D & E streets, N.W, Washington, D.C.
announced 4.15.23, opened 1923
Milburn Heister & Company, architects
6 stories + basement
warehouse
no longer standing (11.92)
1924
BOSTON STORE, Milwaukee
opened ca. 6.24
4, 1 stories + basement
DAYTON CO., N. Eleventh StreetCarrie Avenue, Minneapolis
addition
announced 2.20.24, opened ca. 8.24
Long & Thorshov, architects
4 + 2 stories + basement, 85,000 square feet, $110,000
warehouse
extant (9.00)
POWERS MERCANTILE CO., Western Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota
announced 8.7.24, opened ca. 11.24
6 stories, 99,000 square feet, $200,000
extant, altered (2.00)
1925
J. L. HUDSON CO., Beaulieu Street, near Adams Avenue, Detroit
addition
announced 8.15.24, o. 1925
6 stories, $325,000
warehouse
extant, numerous additions (4.00)
MAY COMPANY, Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
announced 6.13.23, opened by 3.10.25
A. C. Martin & Associates, architects
4 stories, 125,000 square feet
demolished for new service building 1947
KAUFMANN, BAER & CO., Wharton Street, between Twenty-First & Twenty-Second streets, Pittsburgh
announced 1.4.24, opened 5.19.25
7 stories, 293,000 square feet
warehouse
store acquired by Gimbel Bros. 1925
LASALLE & KOCH, Huron & Lafayette streets, Toledo
announced 1.30.25, opened ca. 7.25
3 stories, 57,200 square feet, $125,000
warehouse
L. BAMBERGER & CO., 254-284 Elizabeth Avenue, Newark
announced 12.20.24, opened 10.25
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
2 stories + basement, 180,000 square feet
delivery station; warehouse planned for site, but never realized
extant, altered (2.93)
THALHEIMER BROS., N. Seventh Street, between Clay & Marshall streets, Richmond, Virginia
announced 8.3.25, opened ca. 11.25
2 stories
no longer standing (10.00)
L. S. PLAUT & CO., New & Wilsey streets, Newark
announced 12.7.25, project
5 stories
1926
FAMOUS-BARR CO., Spring Avenue & Market Street, St. Louis
announced 1.7.25, opened ca. 1-2.26
Will Levy, architect
7 stories + basement, 400,000 square feet
extant, altered, in operation (9.00)
BULLOCK'S, Tenth, Eleventh & Stanford avenues, Los Angeles
announced 7.13.24, opened ca. 3.26
John and Donald B. Parkinson, architects
2 stories + basement (4 additional. stories planned), 171,000 square feet
extant (1.97)
S. KANN SONS, Delaware AvenueC Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
announced 4.19.25, opened. ca. 5.26
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
4 stories + basement, 100,000 square feet
no longer standing (2.93)
HALE BROTHERS, Fifth & Mint streets, San Francisco
opened ca. 11.1.26
10 stories + basement, 85,000 square feet
CROWLEY-MILNER & CO., Detroit
opened ca. 1926
delivery station
1927
H. & S. POGUE CO., Sixth & Cutter streets, Cincinnati
announced 7.26.26, opened ca. 11.27
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
3, 1 stories, 78,500 square feet, $250,000
no longer standing (4.96)
ABRAHAM & STRAUS, Second Avenue, Forty-Third & Forty-Fourth streets, Brooklyn
announced 4.2.27, probably a project
Starrett & Van Vleck, architects
warehouse
1928
MEIER & FRANK, Flanders, Everett, Fourteenth & Fifteenth streets, Portland, Oregon
announced 1.2.27, opened 2.28
Sutton & Whitney, architects
4 stories + basement, $500,000
extant, vacant (6.04)
MAY CO., Payne Avenue, between E. Forty-First & E. Forty-Third streets, Cleveland
announced 3.22.27, opened ca. 3.1.28
Lehman, Schmitt & Co., architects
5 stories + basement, 600,000 square feet, $1,000,000
extant (6.99)
GOLDEN RULE, Lafayette & Woodward streets, St. Paul, Minnesota
announced 8.18.23, opened 5.28
Clarence H. Johnson, architect
7 stories + basement, 217,600 square feet, $400,000
no longer standing (9.00)
BLOOMINGDALE BROTHERS, Hunter's Point Avenue & Fourth Street, Brooklyn
announced l.26.27, opened 6.26.28
Abbott, Merkt & Company, architects-engineers
6 stories + basement, 585,000 square feet
extant (5.92)
STIX, BAER & FULLER DRY GOODS CO., 3720 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis
announced 12.17.27, opened ca. 8.28
Mauran, Russell & Crowell, architects
6 stories + basement, $100,000
additions to 1914 relay station
extant (4.96)
DAYTON CO., Eighth Street, Minneapolis
addition
opened 9.1.28
in basement of 4-story+ basement garage
delivery station
extant, altered (9.00)
R. H. MACY & CO., Hunters Point Avenue, Brooklyn
opened by 9.28
7 stories
addition to warehouse
extant (5.92)
JOSEPH HORNE CO., Manchester BoulevardShore Avenue, Pittsburgh
announced 4.18.27, opened 11.16.28
Huntin, Davis & Daniels, architects
8 stories + basement, 414,000 square feet, @ $1,500,000
no longer standing (6.95)
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, 950 N. Ninth Street, Philadelphia
announced ca. 8.28, opened ca. 11.28
probably by Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
2 stories, 62,000 square feet
delivery station addition to warehouse
extant, vacant (1.99)
CROWLEY-MILNER & CO., Lafayette AvenueSt. Antoine Street, Detroit
announced 3.25.27, opened ca. 1928
8 stories, 153,000 square feet
warehouse
ZCMI, SecondWest & S.Temple streets, Salt Lake City
announced 7.5.27, opened ca. 1928
$100,000
warehouse, next to existing ones of company
no longer standing (4.05)
FREDERICK & NELSON, Terry Street, Seattle
opened 1928
6 stories + basement
JAMES A. HEARN & SON, New York
announced 12.1.28, project
Abbott, Merkt & Company, architects-engineers
8, 4 stories, @ 320,000 square feet
1929
ELETO CO. (for LORD & TAYLOR AND McCREERY'S), First Avenue, Thirty-Eighth & Thirty-Ninth
streets, New York
announced 10.6.27, opened 4.17.29
Starrett & Van Vleck, architects
10 stories + basement, 385,000 square feet
extant (5.97)
LION SRORE, St. Clair & Superior streets, Toledo
announced 1.15.29, opened ca. 10.29
Langdon, Hohly & Gram, architects
2 stories + basement, 100,000 square feet
1930
G. FOX & CO., Talcott Street, Hartford
opened. ca. 1930
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
9 stories + basement
addition to existing building
extant, altered (3.08)
1931
GIMBEL BROS., Hamilton Street, Philadelphia
opened 7.27.31
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
2 stories
delivery station
no longer standing (9.99)
PALAIS ROYAL, First Street, between L & M streets, N.E., Washington, D.C.
announced 12.30, opened 9.17.31
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
4 stories + basement 125,000 square feet
demolished 1993
1937
STEWART & CO., 641 (?) W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore
opened ca. 5.37
4 stories, 136,000 square feet, $175,000
no longer standing (9.98)
HECHT COMPANY, New York AvenueFenwick Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
announced 1.12.36, opened ca. 6.30.37
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architect-engineers
6 stories + basement, 350,000 square feet
extant (12.09)
JOHN SHILLITO CO., Seventh & Elm streets, Cincinnati
announced 3.8.37, opened 10.26.37
10 stories + 2 basement levels
Potter, Tyler & Martin, architects
extant (4.08)
1938
J. L. HUDSON CO., Detroit
addition
opened. by 5.9.38
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers; Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, associated
architects
6, 4 stories + basement, @ $500,000
delivery station
extant (4.00)
QUACKENBUSH CO., Furman Street, Paterson, New Jersey
announced 6.17.38, opened 12.38
John Graham (Seattle), architect
5 stories, @ 45,000 square feet
warehouse
no longer standing (7.00)
1939
WOODWARD & LOTHROP, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
announced 1.22.48, opened ca. 4.9.39
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
6 stories + basement, 450,000 square feet, $1,100,000
extant (12.09)
RICHARDS DEPARTMENT STORE, Miami
opened ca. 10-11.39
2, 1 stories
warehouse
F. & R. LAZARUS CO., Front & State streets, Columbus, Ohio
announced ca. 2.39, opened 11.6.39
Richards, McCarthy & Bulford, architects
10 stories + basement, 275,000 square feet, $1,000,000
extant (4.08)
1940
SIBLEY, LINDSAY & CURR, Rochester, New York
opened ca. 1.40
1 story, 30,141 square feet
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
delivery station
LIT BROTHERS, Buttonwood Avenue, Seventeenth & Eighteenth streets, Philadelphia
announced 8.8.39, opened ca. 9.40
Simon & Simon, architects
5 stories + basement, @ 500,000 square feet, $2,000,000
no longer standing (11.92)
LANSBURGH & BRO., S. Capitol & P streets, S.W., Washington, D.C
announced 4.39, o. ca. 1940
2 stories + basement, @ 74,000 sqft.
service facility, warehouse
extant (5.08)
1941
STIX, BAER & FULLER DRY GOODS CO., 3720 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis
addition
announced 3.5.41, opened ca. 1941.
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
2 stories + basement
extant (4.96)
M. O'NEIL COMAPNY, S. Main & State streets, Akron
announced. 6.17.41, project
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White (Chicago), architects
3-story addition to main building, 165,000 square feet, $500,000
1942
HOCHSCHILD, KOHN & CO.,Park AvenueCenter Street, Baltimore
announced 5.1.41, opened ca. 1.42
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers; James Edmunds, associate architect
6 stories + basement
extant, altered (10.07)
1947
FAMNOUS-BARR CO., Market Street, near Spring Avenue, St. Louis
announced 7.29.45, opened ca. 1946-47
Will Levy, architect
7 stories + basement, $1,000,000
extant, altered (9.00)
J. L. HUDSON CO., Beaulieu, Adams, Beacon & Brush streets, Detroit
announced 11.16.45, opened ca. 3.47
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, architects
3 stories, 133,600 square feet
extant, altered (4.00)
ABRAHAM & STRAUS, Livingston Street, Brooklyn
announced 9.14.45, opened by 6.25.47
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects
8 stories + basement
MILLER & RHOADS, 2709 Hermitage Road, Richmond, Virginia
announced 1946, opened ca. 8.47
Carneal & Johnston, architects
1 story, 120,000 square feet., $750,000
extant (10.00)
GIMBEL BROTHERS, Sidney, Twenty-Fourth & Twenty-Firth streets, Pittsburgh
announced 12.16.46, opened ca. 10.15.47
William York Cocken, architect; Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), consultants
2 stories, 140,000 square feet, $1,2500,000
MAY CO., Jefferson BoulevardGrand Avenue, Los Angeles
announced 11.7.45, opened ca. 1947
Albert C. Martin & Associates, architects
6 stories + basement, 800,000 square feet
extant, altered (11.00)
FOLEY BROTHERS, 2103 Eastwood, Houston
opened 1947
Kenneth Franzheim, architect
1 story, 123,000 square feet, $450,000
extant, numerous additions, altered, in operation (4.99)
1948
HECHT COMPANY, New York AvenueFenwick Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
opened 7.48
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
6 stories+ basement, 130,000 square feet, $600,000
addition
extant (12.09)
B. GERTZ CO., One Hundred, Eighty-Third & Liberty streets, Queens, New York
opened 12.48
Abbott, Merkt & Company, architects-engineers
4 stories, 190,000 square feet
extant (5.97)
1949
H. & S. POGUE CO., Race Street, south of Fourth Street, Cincinnati
announced 2.13.46, opened ca. 3.49
Harry Hanke and Harry Hanke, Jr., architects
11 stories+ basement, 116,439 square feet, $2,000,000
extant (4.08)
F. & R. LAZARUS & CO., W. Whittier Street, Columbus, Ohio
announced ca. 4.48, opened 4.8.49
Austin Company (Cleveland), architects-engineers
1 story + mezzanine, 250,000 square feet,, @ $1,500,000
extant, vacant (7.99)
L. BAMBERGER & CO., Franklin StreetWatsesing Avenue, Bloomfield and Belleville, New Jersey
announced 8.7.47, opened 5.24.49
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
1 story, 396,000 square feet
extant, vacant (7.97)
B. ALTMAN & CO., Hunter's Point Avenue, Thirty-Fifth & Thirty-Sixth streets, Queens, New York
ann. 5.28.48, o. 6.49
Abbott, Merkt & Company, architects-engineers
2 stories, 216,000 square feet
HALLE BROS. CO., Prospect Avenue, Cleveland
announced 11.23.46, opened 7.30.49
Walker & Weeks, architects
7 stories + 2 basement levels
extant (7.97)
1950
CARSON, PIRIE, SCOTT, Cicero Avenue& Seventy-First Street, Chicago
announced 4.49, opened, 6.6.50
DeYoung, Moskowitz & Rosenberg (New York), architects
1 story, 484,460 square feet, $3,000,000
no longer standing (8.95)
1951
LOVEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB, Ninth Avenue, Eighteenth & Nineteenth streets, N., Birmingham, Alabama
announced 2.21.51, opened ca. 9.1.51
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
1 story., $750,000
no longer standing (5.99)
1952
KRAUSS CO., Ibreville, Basin & Crozat streets, New Orleans
announced 1.12.50, opened 4.1.52
Faurot & Reed and Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), associated architects
5, 6 stories, 100,000 square feet
extant (11.06)
NEIMAN-MARCUS, 2620 N. Haskell Street, Dallas
announced by 1.51, opened ca. 4.52
DeWitt & Swank, architects
100,000 square feet
no longer standing (1.97)
THALHEIMER BROTHERS, Westmorland Street near Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia
announced 1.50, opened 10.52
DeYoung, Moskowitz & Rosenberg (New York), architects
1 story, 200,000 square feet, $2,000,000
extant, altered (10.00)
FORBES & WALLACE, Springfield, Massachusetts
announced by 8.51, opened ca. 1952.
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
2, 1 stories
1953
DENVER DRY GOODS COMPANY, 50 S. Klamath Street, Denver
opened 4.53
Harry E. Rathbaum, architect
1 story
L. S. DONALDSONCO., Hiawatha Avenue, Thirty-Sixth & Thirty-Seventh streets, Minneapolis
announced 12.19.52, open summer 1953
David Griswold, architect; Alvin L. Weidt associated
2 1/2 stories, 200,000 square feet, $750,000
extant, altered (9.00)
MAAS BROS., Gandy BoulevardManhattan Street, Tampa
announced by 3.25.53, opened ca. 1953
175,000 square feet
D. H. HOLMES, S. Dupre Street, between Euphrosine StreetTulane Avenue, New Orleans
opened ca. 1953
2 stories
extant (11.06)
1954
MAISON BLANCHE, 916 Bienville Street, New Orleans
announced before 6.21.52, opened 5.8.54
4 stories+ basement
extant (11.06)
1955
LANSBURGH & BRO., Eighth Street, between D & E streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
opened 3.1.55
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
8 stories + 2 basement levels
demolished 1990s
RIKE-KUMMLER, near Stewart Street, Dayton
announced 1.1.53, opened ca. 3.55
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
1 story, 282,000 square feet
extant, altered (7.97)
WM. FILENE'S SONS, Cabot Street off Highland Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts
announced 2.17.55, opened 9.55
1 story, 200,000 square feet
probably no longer standing (5.01)
SCRUGGS, VANDERVOORT & BARNEY, Oakland Avenue, St. Louis
announced by 11.54, opened by. 12.55
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
1 story
no longer standing (9.00)
THE BROADWAY, 3808 Mission Street, near Soto Street, Los Angeles
announced 1.29.53, opened 1955
Chaix & Johnson, architects
2 stories, 600,000 square feet, @ $3,000,000
extant (3.00)
1956
MAY- D&F, 445 Bryant Street, Denver
announced 3.5.55, opened ca. 1956
1 story, @ 180,000 square feet
HECHT CO., Erdman AvenueFederal Street, Baltimore
announced 5.4.55, opened 6.56
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
1 story, 304,000 square feet
extant (2.00)
H. C. CAPWELL CO., Oakland, California
opened before 7.17.56
2 stories, 230,000 square feet, $1,750,000
DENVER DRY GOODS COMPANY, 50 S. Klamath Street, Denver
addition
opened by 8.14.56
43,000 square feet
R. H. MACY & CO., 200 Paul Street, San Francisco
addition
announced 5.17.55, opened 1956
2 stories, 156,000 square feet, $1,000,000
BURDINE'S, Northeast Seventy-First Street & Thirty-Second Avenue, Miami
announced 10.2.55, opened ca. 1956
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers ?
385,000 square feet, $2,500,000
extant, altered (6.00)
1957
STIX, BAER, FULLER & CO., 1431 Kingsland Avenue, Pagedale, Missouri.
announced 1.24.56, spring 1957
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
1 story, 420,000 square feet. $1,800,000
extant (9.00)
G. FOX & CO., Talcott Street, Hartford
addition
announced 7.10.56, opened ca. 1957
Abbott-Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
4 stories, 225,000 square feet
extant, altered (3.08)
1958
M. RICH BROS. & CO., Atlanta
announced 3.24.58, opened ca.1958
Smith & Wilkinson, architects
2 stories + basement, 130,000 square feet
at rear of Store for Homes
demolishedca.1992
1960
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, Filbert & Eighth streets, Philadelphia
announced ca. 8.10.59, opened ca. 5.60
Abbott, Merkt & Company (New York), architects-engineers
6 stories, 217,000 square feet, $2,500,000
extant (10.00)
BAILEY CO., Cleveland
announced 12.17.59, opened ca. 5.1.60
1 story, 132,000 square feet
D. H. HOLMES, Dauphine & Bienville streets, New Orleans
opened spring 1960
Benson & Riehl, architects
4 stories, 50,000 square feet, $750,000
extant (11.06)
H. & S. POGUE CO., Fairfax, Ohio
announced 1.19.60, opened ca.1960
1961
A. POLSKY CO., High & E.State streets, Akron, Ohio
announced 6.26.60, opened ca. 7.1.61
@ 200,000 sqft., incl. parking garage -- built?
diagonally across from store
PARKING GARAGES
This compendium offers basic data on parking structures commissioned for patron use by the over 180 downtown-based department store companies in 59 cities studied for my book, The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960 (Yale University Press, 2010) The list does not include parking lots used for the same purpose, which appear to have been much more numerous. The listings are chronologically arranged by date of opening, beginning with the earliest such facilities I have been able to document.
Many sources were used in compiling this material. Women’s Wear Daily and local newspapers were especially useful. Site visits were made in most cases, in which case I have included notation of whether the building still stands followed by the date of my last visit in parentheses as the last line in an entry.
Additions and corrections are welcome. Contact me at .
1922
SCRUGGS, VANDERVOORT & BARNEY DRY GOODSCO., St. Charles Street, between Eleventh &
Twelfth streets, St. Louis
announced 1.122, opened 8.14.22
4 stories + roof deck+ basement, 400 cars, $250,000
demolished ca. 1999
FAMOUS-BARR, Seventh, Elm & Walnut streets, St. Louis
announced 2.19.22, opened ca. 8.22
Will Levy, architect
1 story + roof deck, 235 cars, 54,000 square feet
no longer standing (9.00)
1924
EMPORIUM, Mission Street near Fifth Street, San Francisco
announced 6.14.24, project
10 stories, 700-1000 cars
THE HUB, Uhler's Alley, Baltimore
announced 7.2.24, opened ca. 1924
100 cars
no longer standing (9.96)
1925
BON MARCHE, FRASER-PATTERSON, RHODES, AND MACDOUGALL-SOUTHWELL FOUR
STORES GARAGE, First AvenueUnion Street, Seattle
announced 11.11.24, opened 4.5.25
Thomas & Grainger, architects
7 stories, 500 cars, $500,000
extant, altered (4.95)
MAY COMPANY, Lakeside Avenue, west of Ontario Street, Cleveland
announced 2.4.25, opened 6.22.25
Lehman & Schmidt Company, architects
3 stories, 600 cars, 100,000 square feet, $500,000
no longer standing (8.97)
ROSENBAUM CO., Pittsburgh
announced 4.25, conversion of delivery garage
SANGER BROS., Elm & Austin streets, Dallas
announced 4.18.25, opened 10.10.25
5 stories + roof deck, 350 cars
no longer standing (2.97)
1926
JORDAN MARSH CO., SHOPPER’S GARAGE, 14-22 Beach StreetBoston
announced 6.14.24, opened 9.15.26
8 stories + roof deck + basement, 500 cars
extant, altered (7.99)
1927
MAY COMPANY, Ninth & Hill streets, Los Angeles
announced 10.11.26, opened 9.6.27
Curlett & Beelman, architects
4 stories + 3 basement levels, 535 cars, $1,850,000
extant (6.07)
1928
M. O'NEILLCO., State & S. Main streets, Akron
announced 12.7.26, opened 3.12.28
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White (Chicago), architects
2 stories, 400 cars, 57,000 square feet
incorporated in store building
section no longer standing (1.98)
M. RICH & CO., Hunter & Forsyth streets, Atlanta
opened ca. 8.15.28
2 stories, 150 cars, 32,000 square feet, $225,000
no longer standing (5.99)
DAYTON CO., 24-38 Eighth Street, Minneapolis
opened 9.1.28
4 stories + basement, 300 cars
remodeled as part of store ca. 1954
1929
THE BROADWAY, S. Olive & Fourth streets, Los Angeles
opened. ca. 11.20.29
7 stories, 600+ cars
purchase of Mutual Garage (built 1923-1924)
demolished late 1980s
J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS, Seventeenth & Dodge streets, Omaha
announced 1.17.29, project
George Prins, architect
1930
DANIELS & FISHER, Sixteenth & Arapahoe streets, Denver
announced 9.18.29, opened 8.25.30
5 stories, 200 cars, $150,000
incorporated in store building
demolished ca. late 1950s
A. POLSKY CO., S. Main, Center, State & High streets, Akron, Ohio