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J. C. Penney–Chicago Store Building | |
Chicago Store seen from the northeast, across intersection of Congress Street and 6th Avenue | |
Location | 130 East Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona |
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Coordinates | 32°13′18″N 110°58′08″W / 32.2217°N 110.9689°W |
Area | 26, 400 ft.2 [2] |
Built | 1903 |
Architect | Holmes, D.H. |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 03000907 [1] |
Added to NRHP | 2003-09-12 |
The J. C. Penney–Chicago Store is a historic department store building in downtown Tucson, Arizona. Built in 1903 for the Los Angeles Furniture Co, it housed J. C. Penney by July 25, 1942. [3] In 1957, after J. C. Penney moved to the west side of Stone Avenue just north of Pennington Street, Aaronson Brothers moved in. [4] The Chicago Store moved in after the El Paso–based department store closed in 1967. [5] This building had the last complete original vintage interior in Downtown Tucson with stamped tin ceilings and period woodwork until it was completely gutted in 2020-2022.
![]() | This article includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (October 2011) |
J. C. Penney–Chicago Store Building | |
Chicago Store seen from the northeast, across intersection of Congress Street and 6th Avenue | |
Location | 130 East Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona |
---|---|
Coordinates | 32°13′18″N 110°58′08″W / 32.2217°N 110.9689°W |
Area | 26, 400 ft.2 [2] |
Built | 1903 |
Architect | Holmes, D.H. |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 03000907 [1] |
Added to NRHP | 2003-09-12 |
The J. C. Penney–Chicago Store is a historic department store building in downtown Tucson, Arizona. Built in 1903 for the Los Angeles Furniture Co, it housed J. C. Penney by July 25, 1942. [3] In 1957, after J. C. Penney moved to the west side of Stone Avenue just north of Pennington Street, Aaronson Brothers moved in. [4] The Chicago Store moved in after the El Paso–based department store closed in 1967. [5] This building had the last complete original vintage interior in Downtown Tucson with stamped tin ceilings and period woodwork until it was completely gutted in 2020-2022.