File:BASEMENT, SECTION F, SAFE FOR BANK - Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,110A-36.tif

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BASEMENT, SECTION F, SAFE FOR BANK - Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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BASEMENT, SECTION F, SAFE FOR BANK - Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Description
Nimmons and Fellows, Architects; Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Depicted place Illinois; Cook County; Chicago
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ILL,16-CHIG,110A-36
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: One of the first buildings completed for the Mail Order Plant in 1905-1906. It was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Nimmons and Fellows, with additions designed by successor firms George C. Nimmons and Co. and Nimmons and Co. The Merchandise Building was the largest building and housed the majority of the company's employees at the Mail Order Plant. In a bustling complex, the Merchandise Building was the center of activity. All incoming and outgoing goods passed through the Merchandise Building. All of the other buildings at the site provided support for the activities within the Merchandise Building by offering administration, manufacturing, and other support functions. The Mail Order Plant and its central Merchandise Building have been described as "a huge, finely tuned machine for receiving and holding merchandise and for filing and shipping orders."
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N249
  • Survey number: HABS IL-1187-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1905-1917 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0737.photos.048551p
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Object location41° 51′ 00″ N, 87° 39′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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