Strawbridge and Clothier Store, Jenkintown

	Strawbridge and Clothier Store, Jenkintown
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	(2012)
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Location	680 Old York Rd. N of Rydal Rd.; Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°6′6″N 75°7′32″W / 40.10167°N 75.12556°WCoordinates: 40°6′6″N 75°7′32″W / 40.10167°N 75.12556°W
Area	7.9 acres (3.2 ha)
Built	1930-1931, 1954
Architect	Dreher & Churchman; Herbert B. Beidler
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	88003047
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1988

The Strawbridge and Clothier Store is a historic department store building located at Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Strawbridge & Clothier in 1930-1931 and renovated and expanded in 1954. It closed in 1988 when it relocated to the Willow Grove Park Mall. It is now an office building, multi-tenant.

History[]

The original section is a four-story, steel frame structure faced in limestone and on a granite base in the Art Deco style. It has a flat slag roof with parapet. The building features piers that extend above the roof parapet, two-story projecting entrance pavilions, a one-story flat roofed extension with elegant display windows, and two five-story towers. The addition is a three-story structure with a parking garage. It was built as the second suburban branch of Strawbridge and Clothier.^[2] This Strawbridge & Clothier store closed in 1988 when it relocated to the Willow Grove Park Mall.^[3] In the late 1990s, the building served as the headquarters of fast-growing online music retailer CDNow. It currently houses an Outback Steakhouse.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References[]

Notes

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patrick W. O'Bannon and Diane E. Newbury (October 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Strawbridge and Clothier Store" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05.
^ Giles, David M. (October 23, 1988). "Strawbridge: The Malling Of A Tradition". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 18, 2010.

External links[]

Media related to Strawbridge & Clothier Store, Jenkintown at Wikimedia Commons
Strawbridge & Clothier company records at Hagley Museum and Library

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[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patrick W. O'Bannon and Diane E. Newbury (October 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Strawbridge and Clothier Store" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05.

[inq4-3] Giles, David M. (October 23, 1988). "Strawbridge: The Malling Of A Tradition". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 18, 2010.

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