Montgomery Ward Building (Evansville, Indiana)

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Montgomery Ward Building
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Location517 Main St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates 37°58′20″N87°34′9″W / 37.97222°N 87.56917°W / 37.97222; -87.56917
Arealess than one acre
Built1933
ArchitectMontgomery Ward Company
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Downtown Evansville MRA
NRHP reference No. 82000110 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 06, 1982

The Montgomery Ward Building (also known as the Old Montgomery Ward Building) is a historic department store building at 517-19 Main Street in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. It has three stories and was completed in 1933 in the Georgian Revival style.

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.