Cincinnati, OH The John Shillito Company ~ southeast corner
The John Shillito Company was founded by John Shillito and William McLaughlin in 1832 as McLaughlin & Shillito Dry Goods, McLaughlin dropped out and it became the John Shillito Company. This was their third building (and kind of their fourth). In 1878, the store moved to Seventh and Race to a large building designed by James McLaughlin (son of William McLaughlin). You can only see the 1878 facade on the south side. In 1928, Shillito's was acquired by F&R Lazarus & Company and a new Art Deco facade designed by Potter Tyler Martin was wrapped around the original 1878 building in 1937. The Shillito nameplate was dropped in 1982 in favor of Lazarus and by 2005 Lazarus was transformed into Macy's.
It was adaptively reused into office and lofts in 1998.
The John Shillito Company store is in the Race Street Historic District #95000878.
Cincinnati, OH The John Shillito Company ~ southeast corner
The John Shillito Company was founded by John Shillito and William McLaughlin in 1832 as McLaughlin & Shillito Dry Goods, McLaughlin dropped out and it became the John Shillito Company. This was their third building (and kind of their fourth). In 1878, the store moved to Seventh and Race to a large building designed by James McLaughlin (son of William McLaughlin). You can only see the 1878 facade on the south side. In 1928, Shillito's was acquired by F&R Lazarus & Company and a new Art Deco facade designed by Potter Tyler Martin was wrapped around the original 1878 building in 1937. The Shillito nameplate was dropped in 1982 in favor of Lazarus and by 2005 Lazarus was transformed into Macy's.
It was adaptively reused into office and lofts in 1998.
The John Shillito Company store is in the Race Street Historic District #95000878.