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Hochschild, Kohn Belvedere and Hess Shoes

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Modern Movement

Opened
  
1946

Built
  
1946 (1946)

NRHP Reference #
  
03001296

Added to NRHP
  
18 December 2003

Hochschild, Kohn Belvedere and Hess Shoes

Location
  
5911 York Rd. and 510 Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, Maryland

Architect
  
Edmunds, James R. Jr.; Tyler, Ketcham & Myers

Similar
  
Royal Farms Arena, National Great Blacks In, Homewood Museum, Balti Convention Center, Lloyd Street Synagogue

Hochschild, Kohn Belvedere and Hess Shoes is a national historic district consisting of a combined department store and shoe store building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It consists of the 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) two-story plus basement, Hochschild, Kohn Belvedere department store (constructed 1946-1948) and the attached Hess Shoes (1948) store. The structures comprise the modern-style core of a commercial development at York Road and Belvedere Avenue. The department store features a rounded corner with a glazed curtain wall facing the prominent intersection.

Hochschild, Kohn Belvedere and Hess Shoes was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

Hochschild, Kohn Belvedere and Hess Shoes Wikipedia