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Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)

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Built
  
1929

Opened
  
1929

Architectural style
  
NRHP Reference #
  
84003497

Area
  
1,200 m²

Added to NRHP
  
7 September 1984

Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)

Location
  
3-7 W. Market St., Lewistown, Pennsylvania

The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building located at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The east facade faces the Mifflin County Courthouse on Monument Square. It was built in 1929 in the Art Deco style, and consists of the store building and attached office building. The store is two-stories, with a mezzanine level and measures approximately 40 feet by 150 feet. The office building is two-stories and measures approximately 30 feet by 145 feet. They are both of steel frame construction with brick exterior walls and feature terra cotta ornamentation. It was one of the initial retail outlets constructed by the Montgomery Ward Company.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania) Wikipedia