A. M. Rothschild & Company Store

The A. M. Rothschild & Company Store, also known as the Goldblatt's Building, is a historic department store building located at 333 South State Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The store was built in 1912 for the Rothschild & Company department store, which was founded in the late 1800s by Abram M. Rothschild. Prominent Chicago School architects Holabird & Roche designed the store; while the firm had also designed the company's previous, smaller store, the 1912 building was their first and only full-block department store design. The building's skeletal frame and large windows are typical of Chicago School buildings, while its extensive terra cotta ornamentation reflects the then-popular Beaux-Arts style. Rothschild & Company occupied the building until 1923, when Marshall Field & Company purchased it; it was sold again in 1936 to Goldblatt's, who ran their flagship store in the building until 1981.[2]

A. M. Rothschild & Company Store
Location333 S. State St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′39″N 87°37′38″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectHolabird & Roche
Architectural styleChicago school, Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.89002025[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 1989

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1989.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lee, John Choon-Hyuk; Michael, Vincent (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rothschild, A. M. & Company Store" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agenccy. Retrieved December 31, 2017.


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