Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex
The Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex is a building complex in the community area of North Lawndale in Chicago, Illinois. The complex hosted most of department-store chain Sears' mail order operations between 1906 and 1993, and it also served as Sears' corporate headquarters until 1973, when the Sears Tower was completed.- Type: Building
- Description: Chicago, Illinois, listed on the NRHP in Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “Sears Merchandise Tower”
- Address: 3401 West Arthington Street, Chicago, IL 60624
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park Theater and Kedzie–Homan station.
Central Park Theater
Theater building
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Park Theater is a historic theater building at 3531-39 W. Roosevelt Road in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1917, the theater was the first in the Balaban and Katz chain. Central Park Theater is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex.
Kedzie–Homan station
Metro station
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Kedzie–Homan is an 'L' station on the CTA Blue Line's Forest Park branch. The station is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway and serving the East Garfield Park neighborhood and has two entrances on the Kedzie and Homan Avenue overpasses. Kedzie–Homan station is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex.
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Church
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica is a Catholic basilica on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, which also houses the National Shrine of Saint Peregrine. Located at 3121 West Jackson Boulevard, within the Archdiocese of Chicago, it is, along with St. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Lawndale and East Garfield Park.
North Lawndale
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Lee, CC BY 2.0.
North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the city's West Side. The community area includes the K-Town Historic District, the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the city's largest concentration of greystones.
East Garfield Park
Suburb
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East Garfield Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the west of the Loop. Taking its name from the large urban park, Garfield Park, the neighborhood is bordered by the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the north, Arthington and Taylor Streets on the south, Hamlin Avenue and Independence Boulevard to the west, and Rockwell Street to the east.
West Garfield Park
Suburb
Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Garfield Park is one of the 77 officially-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the West Side of Chicago. It is directly west of Garfield Park.
Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.86967° or 41° 52′ 11″ northLongitude
-87.71092° or 87° 42′ 39″ westLevels
15Open location code
86HJV79Q+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 163777114OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerWikidata ID
Q7441774
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