Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: John Shillito Co. Department Store

Work Record ID: 
1683
Reproduction Record ID: 
1683
Work Class: 
Architecture
Work Type: 
apartment
Work Type: 
department store
Title: 
Shillito Lofts
Title Type: 
alternate
Title: 
John Shillito Co. Department Store
Title Type: 
preferred
Creator: 
Potter, Tyler, and Martin, active early 20th century
Creator Type: 
corporate
Creator Role: 
architect
Creator: 
McLaughlin, James W., 1834-1923
Creator Dates: 
1834-1923
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal
Creator Role: 
architect
Date: 
1937
Date Type: 
alteration
Date: 
1878
Date Type: 
creation
Location: 
675 Race Street at 7th Street (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Location: 
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Location Type: 
site
Style Period: 
Art Deco
Style Period: 
Italianate (North American architecture styles )
Subject: 
revolving doors
Subject: 
department stores
Subject: 
apartments
Subject: 
central business districts
Description: 
When the original building opened in 1878, it housed the largest department store in the country. George Marshall Martin and George Roth updated the facade of the building in 1938. The Art Deco styling is seen in the horizontal interplay of granite, marble and limestone. The motifs seen on the facade are influenced by Mayan art. In 1982 Shillitos merged to become Shillito Rikes and in 1986 the department store came to be known as Lazarus. The original interior design, created by Cincinnati architect James W. McLaughlin, was modeled after Le Bon Marche in Paris. It consisted of an arcaded atrium, 120 feet high, capped by a glass dome 60 feet across. This feature has been restored with the opening of the residential Lofts at Shillito Place.
Reproduction Creator: 
Mackaron, Erissa
Reproduction Creator Type: 
other
Reproduction Date: 
2003
Reproduction Date Type: 
creation
Reproduction Subject: 
granite (rock)
Reproduction Subject: 
façades
Reproduction View: 
Detail view of windows
Reproduction View Type: 
detail view
Reproduction View Subject: 
façades
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
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