F. W. Woolworth Company Building | |
 Facing the corner with Market Street to the left and 9th to the right. | |
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| Location | 839 N. Market St.,Wilmington,Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°44′41″N75°32′55″W / 39.744644°N 75.548589°W /39.744644; -75.548589 |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1940 (1940) |
| Architect | Stakes, H.W. |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Part of | Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District (ID10000079[2]) |
| MPS | Market Street MRA (65000105) |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003755[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 2, 1987 |
| Designated CP | March 24, 2017 |
TheF. W. Woolworth Company Building is a historicdepartment store building located in downtownWilmington, Delaware.
From 1940 to 1997, theF. W. Woolworth Company operated the store, this location being one of the last to close. The building then housed aHappy Harry's drug store and pharmacy for several years until that company was purchased by Walgreens in 2007.Walgreens continued to operate the acquired Happy Harry's stores, including the Market Street store, under the Happy Harry's name for some time.[3] The building was purchased by a subsidiary of BPG Property Group in 2008 who now leases the location back to Walgreens and it's opened under the Walgreens name.
Designed by company architect H. W. Stakes, theart deco building usessteel frame construction with a masonry curtain wall. Thefacade on the 2nd and 3rd stories displays alternating peach and cream vertical stripes ofterra cotta tile withlotusmotifs.[4] The building has a grey medallion with a raised "W" on thechamfered corner on 9th and Market.[5]
When a Woolworth's store, the interior had two sales floors, the current ground floor and thebargain basement. The escalators to the basement floor are still visible in the store.
In 1959, Woolworth added a third story which appeared in the originalblue prints. BPG has plans to renovate the building's upper floors and to add an additional two stories to the building for use as apartments.
The building stands at the shopping intersection of 9th and Market streets a block offRodney Square at the heart of thecentral business district. Woolworths also operated another store four blocks away at 504 Market Street. That second location now houses theDelaware History Museum.[6]
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