McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building) | |
Coordinates: | 37.9728°N -87.5719°W |
Added: | October 1, 1979 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 79000050 |
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.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.