Strawbridge and Clothier Store, Jenkintown

Strawbridge and Clothier Store

(2012)
Location Old York Rd. N of Rydal Rd.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°6′6″N 75°7′32″W / 40.10167°N 75.12556°W / 40.10167; -75.12556Coordinates: 40°6′6″N 75°7′32″W / 40.10167°N 75.12556°W / 40.10167; -75.12556
Area 7.9 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1930-1931, 1954
Architect Dreher & Churchman; Herbert B. Beidler
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 88003047[1]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1988

The Strawbridge and Clothier Store is a historic department store building located at Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Strawbridge & Clothier in 1930-1931 and renovated and expanded in 1954. The original section is a four-story, steel frame structure faced in limestone and on a granite base in the Art Deco style. It has a flat slag roof with parapet. The building features piers that extend above the roof parapet, two-story projecting entrance pavilions, a one-story flat roofed extension with elegant display windows, and two five-story towers. The addition is a three-story structure with a parking garage. It was built as the second suburban branch of Strawbridge and Clothier.[2] This Strawbridge & Clothier store closed in 1988 when it relocated to the Willow Grove Park Mall.[3] The building currently houses an Outback Steakhouse.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patrick W. O'Bannon and Diane E. Newbury (October 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Strawbridge and Clothier Store" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  3. ↑ Giles, David M. (October 23, 1988). "Strawbridge: The Malling Of A Tradition". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 18, 2010.



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