McCurdy Building

McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building)
McCurdy Building, July 2011
Location101 NW. 4th St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates37°58′22″N 87°34′19″W / 37.97278°N 87.57194°W / 37.97278; -87.57194
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
NRHP reference No.79000050[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 1, 1979

McCurdy Building, also known as the Sears, Roebuck and Company Building, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1920, and is a four-story brick building. The first floor features large display windows framed with limestone pilasters. A two-story addition was constructed in 1937, later raised to four stories in 1946. A two-story limestone faced addition, known as The Annex, was constructed in 1943. In 1925, it was occupied by the first Sears store to operate as a direct retail business independent of a catalog department.[2]: 2, 3 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016. Note: This includes Morton Snitzer (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building)" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016.