The Wanamaker Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wanamaker’s department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, and one of the first department stores in the United States. The building was originally constructed from 1904 until completion in 1911, when it was dedicated by President William Howard Taft. The palatial emporium featured the former St. Louis World’s Fair pipe organ, at the time one of the world’s largest organs. Another item from the St. Louis Fair in the Grand Court is the large bronze eagle, which quickly became the symbol of the store.
The Wanamaker Building was included on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1973. The U. S. Department of Interior entered the Wanamaker Building on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. There have been a number of modifications since construction, and the building was renovated in 1990.


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