Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is a historic warehouse and retail building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mammoth 8-story (plus penthouse) concrete structure and is roughly shaped like a squared-off number "4." The front features a penthouse tower at the main entrance bay with a balcony and capped by a flagpole. The building houses over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of floor space flooded by light from approximately 1,000 large multi-paned, steel frame windows. It was built about 1925 as a mail order and retail warehouse for Montgomery Ward on an 11 acres (4.5 ha) site adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks.[2] The complex was one of nine large warehouses built by the company in the United States.[3]

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store
Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, September 2012
Location1000 S. Monroe St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°16′34″N 76°38′41″W
Area16.2 acres (6.6 ha)
Built1925
Built byWells Bros. Construction Co.
ArchitectMcCaully, W.H.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.00001085[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 2000

From 2001–2002, the vacant warehouse was restored as an office building by Himmelrich Associates, Inc. for Maryland Department of the Environment, M&T Bank and other tenants.

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

  • Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, December 2011

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Montgomery Ward Warehouse". An Engineer's Guide to Baltimore. Baltimore, MD: Center for Educational Resources, Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. Fred B. Shoken (February 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.


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