Built 1930-1931, 1954 Area 3 ha Added to NRHP 22 December 1988 | NRHP Reference # 88003047 Architectural style Art Deco | |
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Location Old York Rd. N of Rydal Rd.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania | ||
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. This Strawbridge & Clothier store closed in 1988 when it relocated to the Willow Grove Park Mall. In the late 1990s, the building served as the headquarters of fast-growing online music retailer CDNow. It currently houses an Outback Steakhouse.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.