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Metadata
Title |
Basement Reflected Ceiling Details |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Collection |
S.H. Kress & Company Collection |
Description |
Pencil drawings on tracing paper of basement reflected ceiling details. Drawings include: new gas meter recess details (plan and sections), soda and lunch hood details (section under mezzanine and section south of mezzanine), basement reflected ceiling plan, typical furring at walls detail, dropped ceiling between or beyond light fixtures detail, and typical access panel detail. Revisions to drawing done in 1954, which are noted. Also features general notes and a symbol key. Completed by Buros Construction Company, architect and engineer contractors. |
Context |
The S.H. Kress & Company, founded by Samuel H. Kress, opened over 300 5-10-25 cent stores in thirty states from New Jersey to Florida and across to California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii. The first Kress store opened in Memphis, Tennessee in 1896. Many of the early Kress stores started out in rented spaces. By 1909, the Company began to open its stores in new structures created by S.H. Kress & Company architects like Edward F. Sibbert and Seymour Burrell, or built for it by contractors and held under lease. The Kress stores particularly thrived during the Great Depression, as they sold inexpensive products in luxurious spaces. Kress stores ranged in architectural styles, from Neoclassical to Art Deco to Modern and International. Towards the end of the S.H. Kress & Company life, shopping centers and malls overtook free-standing commercial buildings as the preferred retail locations, and new Kress stores were placed in large multistore structure. In 1964, the S.H. Kress & Company was purchased by Genesco, Incorporated, and the company was liquidated in 1980 and 1981. Some of the buildings have been demolished, while others have been renovated and adapted. The documents, plans, photographs, and objects that were gifted to the National Building Museum by numerous donors provide a rich array of information relevant to business, social, architectural, land use, race relations, and commercial history in the United States. |
Catalog Number |
1989.13.2.10.120 |
Credit Line |
Courtesy of National Building Museum, gift of Genesco, Inc. |
Area / Region |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Building Information |
Building Style: Art Deco Façade Material: Terra cotta, bronze maquee Genesco Store Number: 769 Address: 22 West Washington Street Drawing Number: A-2 |
Creator |
S.H. Kress & Company |
Other Creators |
Drawn by H.T.S. |
Year |
1954 |
Donor |
Genesco Inc. |
Medium |
Tracing Paper |
Scale |
Multiple listed |
Dimension |
22 3/8" x 42 5/16" |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Related Publications |
Wilkerson, Susan, and Hank Griffith. A Guide to the Building Records of S.H. Kress & Co. 5-10-25 Cent Stores at the National Building Museum. Edited by Joyce Eliiot. Washington, DC: National Building Museum Publication Office, 1993. |
Search Terms |
1954 architectural pencil tracing paper revision details basement reflected ceiling new gas meter recess plan section soda and lunch hood mezzanine south under plan typical furring walls dropped access panel general notes symbol key Buros Construction Company architect engineer contractor terra cotta terracotta metal steel bronze marble plaster façade polychrome beige marquee marquis frame sidewalk front cover floral panels abstract wainscoting ornamentation decorations street motif grills windows spandrels coping Mercantile Art Deco attached mid-block block area Phoenix Arizona Store 769 22 West Washington Street west Washington Street S.H. Kress & Co drawing |
Address |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Building Material |
Buros Construction Company |