National Historic Landmark · department store · Chicago, Illinois

Marshall Field Company Store

Store building in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1978, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic Landmark Listed 1978 Chicago School Daniel Burnham

Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

The Marshall Field and Company Building is a department store building and National Historic Landmark on State Street in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts and Commercial style by Daniel Burnham for Marshall Field; the north end was built in 1901–1902, and the south end in 1905–1906. It was the flagship store of the Marshall Field's department store chain until The May Department Stores Company was acquired by Federated Department Stores and converted the store to Macy's in 2006, and remains the Midwest Macy's flagship store. The building is located in the Chicago Loop area of the downtown central business district and it takes up the entire city block bounded clockwise from the west by North State Street, East Randolph Street, North Wabash Avenue, and East Washington Street. Field and partners founded their Chicago store in 1852, and first built an expansive shopping emporium on this site in 1868. The 1901 building was the fourth for the department store at this site.

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The record

Property type	Building
Address	111 N. State St., Chicago, IL
County	Cook County
Listed	Jun 2, 1978
Listed for	Commerce
Level of significance	National
Reference number	78001123
Architect	Daniel Burnham
Type of place	department store
Style	Chicago School
Designations	National Historic Landmark, Chicago Landmark
Contributing resources	1 building

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Address	111 N. State St., Chicago, IL
Coordinates	41.8837° N, 87.6270° W · Directions ↗
Also in Chicago	419 listed places in Chicago → · walking tours →
Nearest national park unit	Pullman National Historical Park · 13 miles · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearby	West Beach Picnic Shelters 28 miles · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 33 miles · Dunbar Group Site 35 miles

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

At a glance

State: Illinois
County: Cook County
Listed: 1978
Type: Building
Landmark: Yes
Architect: Daniel Burnham

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Marshall Field Company Store listed on the National Register?

Jun 2, 1978. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Who designed Marshall Field Company Store?

Daniel Burnham, working in the Chicago School style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Marshall Field Company Store?

111 N. State St., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The nearest national park unit is Pullman National Historical Park, 13 miles away.

Source: Pullman National Historical Park

Where is the nomination form for Marshall Field Company Store?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Are there campgrounds near Marshall Field Company Store?

Three federal campgrounds are within reach. The closest is West Beach Picnic Shelters, 28 miles away. Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters is 33 miles away, and Dunbar Group Site is 35 miles away.

Source: Campsite Atlas

Is there cell service at Marshall Field Company Store?

FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

Sources

Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 78001123. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.