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Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex

Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is a historic place in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1978, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 78001129.

Chicago, Cook County, IllinoisListed June 2, 1978NRIS #78001129★ National Historic Landmark
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What is Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex?

The Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is a building complex in the community area of North Lawndale in Chicago, Illinois. The complex hosted most of department-store chain Sears' mail order operations between 1906 and 1993, and it also served as Sears' corporate headquarters until 1973, when the Sears Tower was completed. Of its original 40-acre (16 ha) complex, only three buildings survive and have been adaptively rehabilitated to other uses. The complex was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, at which time it still included the 3,000,000-square-foot mail order plant, the world's largest commercial building when it was completed. That building has been demolished, its site taken up by the Homan Square redevelopment project.

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Listing details

Name
Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex
City
Chicago
County
Cook County
State
Illinois
Listed on the National Register
June 2, 1978
NRIS reference number
78001129
Resource type
building
National Historic Landmark
Yes
Coordinates
41.86953, -87.71111
When was Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex listed on the National Register?

Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1978.

Where is Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex located?

Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at approximately 41.86953, -87.71111. See the map above.

Is Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.

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