Marshall Field and Company Store (Oak Park, Illinois) explained

Marshall Field and Company Store
Location:1144 W. Lake St.
Oak Park, Illinois
Coordinates:41.8893°N -87.8045°W
Built:1928
Architect:Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:January 21, 1988
Refnum:87002510

Marshall Field and Company Store is a building in Oak Park, Illinois that was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1988. It is one of the two locations (along with the Evanston location) that the company chose to expand to when it decided to add suburban stores.[1] The store is a miniature replica of the Marshall Field and Company Building in the Chicago Loop and a twin of the Evanston store.[2]

The building served as a Marshall Field's store from its opening until 1986, when Marshall Field's then-owner BATUS Inc. closed it because it was deemed out of date and too costly to operate. The building housed a Borders book store, until all the locations were closed in 2011. Today, it houses several offices.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IN THE NATION; Evanston: A Landmark Marshall Field's Is Becoming Residential Lofts. April 7, 2008. September 13, 1987. The New York Times. Stoffel, Jennifer.
  2. Web site: Evanston Galleria Recalls Heyday of Marshall Field's Building. April 10, 2008. Winthrop Properties.