Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.)
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Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store, also known as The Cityline Building, is an historic retail building, located at 4500 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown
neighborhood.
building, was designed by John Stokes Redden and John G. Raben in 1941.
Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size, and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot.
In 1975, the Wisconsin Avenue elevation was altered for the Tenleytown–AU (WMATA station).
In the 1990s, Sears abandoned its retail operation at the location, and the building was used by Hechinger
hardware until its demise in the late 1990s.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
, on February 16, 1996.
It was the location of the second Art-O-Matic
, from September 29 to October 28, 2000.
In the 2000s, the building was converted to a mixed-use development complex called Cityline at Tenley, with luxury condos (The Cityline) on the top levels, a Best Buy and a Container Store at street level, and an Ace Hardware underground, located within the parking garage that serves the aforementioned stores.
Tenleytown
Tenleytown is a historic neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, DC.-History:In 1790, Washington locals began calling the neighborhood "Tennally's Town" after area tavern owner John Tennally...
neighborhood.
History
The ModerneModerne architecture
Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as "Style Moderne" or simply "Moderne", a general United States landmarks term for styles of architecture that were popular from 1925 through the 1940s. It has expression in styles traditionally classified as Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and WPA...
building, was designed by John Stokes Redden and John G. Raben in 1941.
Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size, and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot.
In 1975, the Wisconsin Avenue elevation was altered for the Tenleytown–AU (WMATA station).
In the 1990s, Sears abandoned its retail operation at the location, and the building was used by Hechinger
Hechinger
Hechinger, mistakenly called Hechinger's by many customers was a chain of home improvement retail stores headquartered in Landover, Maryland outside Washington, D.C., and an online retailer owned by Home Decor Products.John Hechinger, Sr...
hardware until its demise in the late 1990s.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, on February 16, 1996.
It was the location of the second Art-O-Matic
Artomatic
Artomatic is a five-week, multimedia arts event held in the Washington, D.C. area. It has been held in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009...
, from September 29 to October 28, 2000.
In the 2000s, the building was converted to a mixed-use development complex called Cityline at Tenley, with luxury condos (The Cityline) on the top levels, a Best Buy and a Container Store at street level, and an Ace Hardware underground, located within the parking garage that serves the aforementioned stores.