List of Woolworth buildings

Buildings related to the F. W. Woolworth Company and the Woolworth family.

List

Individually notable buildings by state and city
Building Image Location Built Note
Hanniger-Johnson Building Bisbee, Arizona
31°26′30″N 109°54′58″W / 31.44167°N 109.91611°W / 31.44167; -109.91611 (Hanniger-Johnson Building)		 1907 Not built for Woolworth, but best known as the local outlet of the retailer. Owned by the same owner since 1994, houses a nostalgia store and suite rentals
F. W. Woolworth Building (Broadway, Los Angeles) Broadway, Los Angeles, California
34°02′42″N 118°15′15″W / 34.0450°N 118.2543°W / 34.0450; -118.2543 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Broadway, Los Angeles))		 1920 Contributing property in the NRHP-listed Broadway Theater and Commercial District[1]
F. W. Woolworth Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
34°06′04″N 118°19′48″W / 34.101°N 118.330°W / 34.101; -118.330 (Woolworth Building)		 1910 Restored in 2001
F. W. Woolworth Building (Oxnard, California) Oxnard, California
34°11′56″N 119°10′45″W / 34.1989°N 119.1791°W / 34.1989; -119.1791 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Oxnard, California)))		 1950 Later a museum, now Xielo Artisan Desserts (Woolworth name still on building)
F. W. Woolworth Building (San Diego) San Diego, California
32°42′55″N 117°09′36″W / 32.715409°N 117.160022°W / 32.715409; -117.160022		 1922 Part of the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District
Flood Building San Francisco, California
37°47′06″N 122°24′27″W / 37.7849°N 122.4074°W / 37.7849; -122.4074 (Flood Building)		 1904 Largest store in the chain
F. W. Woolworth Building (Wilmington, Delaware) Wilmington, Delaware
39°45′03″N 75°33′06″W / 39.7507°N 75.5517°W / 39.7507; -75.5517 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Wilmington, Delaware))		 1940 Now a Walgreens
2nd F. W. Woolworth Building (Wilmington, Delaware) Wilmington, Delaware
39°44′34″N 75°33′01″W / 39.74278°N 75.55028°W / 39.74278; -75.55028 (Delaware History Museum)		 1941 Now the Delaware History Museum
F. W. Woolworth Building (Evansville, Indiana) Evansville, Indiana
37°58′41″N 87°34′09″W / 37.97806°N 87.56917°W / 37.97806; -87.56917 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Evansville, Indiana))		 1921 Burned down in 1990, NRHP-delisted in 1993
F. W. Woolworth Building (New Albany, Indiana) New Albany, Indiana 1910 A contributing building to the New Albany Downtown Historic District
F. W. Woolworth Building (Lexington, Kentucky) Lexington, Kentucky
38°02′47″N 84°29′51″W / 38.0464°N 84.4975°W / 38.0464; -84.4975 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Lexington, Kentucky))		 1946 Site of sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement
F. W. Woolworth Building (Calumet, Michigan) Calumet, Michigan 1948 A contributing building in the Calumet Historic District within the Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Now the Keweenaw Storytelling Center

F. W. Woolworth Building (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Clarksdale, Mississippi
34°20′34″N 90°57′37″W / 34.34278°N 90.96028°W / 34.34278; -90.96028 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Clarksdale, Mississippi))		 1924 NRHP listed in 2009
F. W. Woolworth Building (Kansas City, Missouri) Kansas City, Missouri
39°04′16″N 94°34′18″W / 39.0711°N 94.5716°W / 39.0711; -94.5716 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Kansas City, Missouri))		 1928 Now an art gallery
F. W. Woolworth Building (St. Louis, Missouri) St. Louis, Missouri
38°38′22″N 90°14′05″W / 38.6395°N 90.2346°W / 38.6395; -90.2346 (St. Louis University Museum of Art)		 1899 Now the Saint Louis University Museum of Art
F. W. Woolworth Building (Lebanon, New Hampshire) Lebanon, New Hampshire
43°38′33″N 72°15′11″W / 43.64250°N 72.25306°W / 43.64250; -72.25306 (Lebanon College)		 Now Lebanon College located next door to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Women's Health Resource Center
Shadow Lawn (New Jersey) West Long Branch, New Jersey
40°14′46″N 74°00′19″W / 40.24611°N 74.00528°W / 40.24611; -74.00528 (Shadow Lawn)		 1927 Estate of Woolworth president, now Woodrow Wilson Hall at Monmouth University
Winfield Hall Glen Cove, New York
40°52′31″N 73°38′38″W / 40.87528°N 73.64389°W / 40.87528; -73.64389 (Winfield Hall))		 1930s Estate of F. W. Woolworth
Woolworth Building New York, New York
40°42′44″N 74°00′29″W / 40.71222°N 74.00806°W / 40.71222; -74.00806 (Woolworth Building)		 1913 Headquarters and World's tallest building, 1913–1930
F. W. Woolworth Building (Watertown, New York) Watertown, New York
43°58′29″N 75°54′34″W / 43.97472°N 75.90944°W / 43.97472; -75.90944 (Woolworth Building)		 1921 Currently vacant, redevelopment in planning stages
F. W. Woolworth Building (Asheville, North Carolina) Asheville, North Carolina
35°35′43″N 82°33′16″W / 35.5954°N 82.5544°W / 35.5954; -82.5544 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Asheville, North Carolina))		 1938 Now a local-artist art gallery/old-fashioned soda fountain called Woolworth Walk[2]
F. W. Woolworth Building (Greensboro, North Carolina) Greensboro, North Carolina
36°04′18″N 79°47′25″W / 36.0717°N 79.7904°W / 36.0717; -79.7904		 1929 Site of Greensboro sit-ins
F. W. Woolworth Building (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, Ohio
39°57′35″N 83°00′02″W / 39.9597°N 83.0006°W / 39.9597; -83.0006 (109-111 South High Street)		 1938 Currently vacant; held a CVS from 2003 to 2022
F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas) Fort Worth, Texas
32°45′14″N 97°19′54″W / 32.7540°N 97.3316°W / 32.7540; -97.3316 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas))		 1926 NRHP listed in 1994
F. W. Woolworth Building (San Antonio) San Antonio, Texas 1921[3] Famous for having peacefully desegregated its lunch counter alongside six others local stores of San Antonio on march 16 1960.[3] Will become part of the Alamo Mission historic site.[4]
F. W. Woolworth Building (Renton, Washington) Renton, Washington
47°28′47.49″N 122°12′25.21″W / 47.4798583°N 122.2070028°W / 47.4798583; -122.2070028 (F. W. Woolworth Company Store (Renton, Washington))		 1954 Now a Western Wear store
F. W. Woolworth Building (Toronto) Toronto
43°39′09″N 79°22′47″W / 43.6525°N 79.3796°W / 43.6525; -79.3796 (F. W. Woolworth Building (Toronto))		 1895 Later a Tower Records
Winfield House London
51°31′51″N 0°09′52″W / 51.5308°N 00.1644°W / 51.5308; -00.1644 (Winfield House)		 1930s Ambassador's residence


References

  1. ↑ "California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. May 9, 1979.
  2. ↑ "Home". woolworthwalk.com.
  3. 1 2 "Woolworth Building". Preservation Texas. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ "San Antonio Woolworth Building". World Monuments Fund. February 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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