Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.)

Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store, also known as The Cityline Building, is an historic retail building, located at 4500 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown neighborhood.

Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites
Location	4500 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38.94805°N 77.08°W
Built	1941
Architect	John Stokes Redden and John G. Raben
Architectural style	Moderne
NRHP reference No.	96000061[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1996
Designated DCIHS	May 25, 1995

History

The Moderne building, was designed by John Stokes Redden and John G. Raben in 1941. Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size, and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot. In 1975, the Wisconsin Avenue elevation was altered for the Tenleytown–AU (WMATA station). In the 1990s, Sears abandoned its retail operation at the location, and the building was used by Hechinger hardware until its demise in the late 1990s.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places, on February 16, 1996.

It was the location of the second Art-O-Matic, from September 29 to October 28, 2000.[3]

In the 2000s, the building was converted to a mixed-use development complex called Cityline at Tenley, with luxury condos (The Cityline) on the top levels, a Best Buy and a Container Store at street level, and an Ace Hardware underground, located within the parking garage that serves the aforementioned stores.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/96000061_text
3. "Art-o-Matic: A Visual Feast For Roving Eyes". The Washington Post. October 6, 2000.