Heer's Department Store

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Heer's Department Store

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Heer's Department Store, October 2010
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Location 138 Park Central Square, Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates 37°12′33″N93°17′34″W / 37.20917°N 93.29278°W / 37.20917; -93.29278 Coordinates: 37°12′33″N93°17′34″W / 37.20917°N 93.29278°W / 37.20917; -93.29278
Area less than one acre
Built 1915 (1915), 1951
Built by Lewis Construction Co.
Architect Opel and Torbitt
Architectural style Early Commercial
MPS Springfield, Missouri MPS (Additional Documentation)
NRHP reference # 02001207 [1]
Added to NRHP October 24, 2002

Heer's Department Store, also known as the Greater Heer Store, is a historic Heer's department store building located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built in 1915, and is a seven-story commercial building which is sheathed with cream colored terra cotta. A two-story addition was constructed in 1951. The building was remodeled in 1967. The store closed in 1995. [2] :5

Heer's Department Store, with its original location at 138 Park Central West in Springfield, Missouri, was one of southwest Missouri's largest and most prominent department stores for 80 years. Heer's Department Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1] It is located in the Springfield Public Square Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Debbie Sheals (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Heer's Department Store" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 12 photographs from 2002)