McCurdy Building

McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
McCurdy Building, July 2011
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Location	101 NW. 4th St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37°58′22″N87°34′19″W / 37.97278°N 87.57194°W / 37.97278; -87.57194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920 (1920)
NRHP reference No.	79000050 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 1, 1979

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. ^{[2] : 2, 3}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016.Note: This includes Morton Snitzer (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McCurdy Building (Sears, Roebuck and Company Building)" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016.