List of Woolworth buildings

Buildings related to the F. W. Woolworth Company and the Woolworth family.

List

Individually notable buildings by state and city
Building	Location	Built	Note
Hanniger-Johnson Building	Bisbee, Arizona 31°26′30″N 109°54′58″W / 31.44167°N 109.91611°W / 31.44167; -109.91611 (Hanniger-Johnson Building)	1907	Not built for Woolworth, but best known as the local outlet of the retailer. Owned by the same owner since 1994, houses a nostalgia store and suite rentals
F. W. Woolworth Building (Broadway, Los Angeles)	Broadway, Los Angeles, California 34°02′42″N 118°15′15″W / 34.0450°N 118.2543°W / 34.0450; -118.2543	1920	Contributing property in the NRHP-listed Broadway Theater and Commercial District^[1]
F. W. Woolworth Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles)	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 34°06′04″N 118°19′48″W / 34.101°N 118.330°W / 34.101; -118.330 (Woolworth Building)	1910	Restored in 2001
F. W. Woolworth Building (Oxnard, California)	Oxnard, California 34°11′56″N 119°10′45″W / 34.1989°N 119.1791°W / 34.1989; -119.1791	1950	Later a museum, now Xielo Artisan Desserts (Woolworth name still on building)
F. W. Woolworth Building (San Diego)	San Diego, California 32°42′55″N 117°09′36″W / 32.715409°N 117.160022°W / 32.715409; -117.160022	1922	Part of the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District
Flood Building	San Francisco, California 37°47′06″N 122°24′27″W / 37.7849°N 122.4074°W / 37.7849; -122.4074 (Flood Building)	1904	Largest store in the chain
F. W. Woolworth Building (Wilmington, Delaware)	Wilmington, Delaware 39°45′03″N 75°33′06″W / 39.7507°N 75.5517°W / 39.7507; -75.5517	1940	Now a Walgreens
2nd F. W. Woolworth Building (Wilmington, Delaware)	Wilmington, Delaware 39°44′34″N 75°33′01″W / 39.74278°N 75.55028°W / 39.74278; -75.55028 (Delaware History Museum)	1941	Now the Delaware History Museum
F. W. Woolworth Building (Evansville, Indiana)	Evansville, Indiana 37°58′41″N 87°34′09″W / 37.97806°N 87.56917°W / 37.97806; -87.56917	1921	Burned down in 1990, NRHP-delisted in 1993
F. W. Woolworth Building (New Albany, Indiana)	New Albany, Indiana	1910	A contributing building to the New Albany Downtown Historic District
F. W. Woolworth Building (Lexington, Kentucky)	Lexington, Kentucky 38°02′47″N 84°29′51″W / 38.0464°N 84.4975°W / 38.0464; -84.4975	1946	Site of sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement
F. W. Woolworth Building (Calumet, Michigan)	Calumet, Michigan	1948	A contributing building in the Calumet Historic District within the Keweenaw National Historical Park. Now the Keweenaw Storytelling Center
F. W. Woolworth Building (Clarksdale, Mississippi)	Clarksdale, Mississippi 34°20′34″N 90°57′37″W / 34.34278°N 90.96028°W / 34.34278; -90.96028	1924	NRHP listed in 2009
F. W. Woolworth Building (Kansas City, Missouri)	Kansas City, Missouri 39°04′16″N 94°34′18″W / 39.0711°N 94.5716°W / 39.0711; -94.5716	1928	Now an art gallery
F. W. Woolworth Building (St. Louis, Missouri)	St. Louis, Missouri 38°38′22″N 90°14′05″W / 38.6395°N 90.2346°W / 38.6395; -90.2346	1899	Now the Saint Louis University Museum of Art
F. W. Woolworth Building (Lebanon, New Hampshire)	Lebanon, New Hampshire 43°38′33″N 72°15′11″W / 43.64250°N 72.25306°W / 43.64250; -72.25306 (Lebanon College)		Now Lebanon College located next door to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Women's Health Resource Center
Shadow Lawn (New Jersey)	West Long Branch, New Jersey 40°14′46″N 74°00′19″W / 40.24611°N 74.00528°W / 40.24611; -74.00528 (Shadow Lawn)	1927	Estate of Woolworth president, now Woodrow Wilson Hall at Monmouth University
Winfield Hall	Glen Cove, New York 40°52′31″N 73°38′38″W / 40.87528°N 73.64389°W / 40.87528; -73.64389 (Winfield Hall))	1930s	Estate of F. W. Woolworth
Woolworth Building	New York, New York 40°42′44″N 74°00′29″W / 40.71222°N 74.00806°W / 40.71222; -74.00806 (Woolworth Building)	1913	Headquarters and World's tallest building, 1913–1930
F. W. Woolworth Building (Watertown, New York)	Watertown, New York 43°58′29″N 75°54′34″W / 43.97472°N 75.90944°W / 43.97472; -75.90944 (Woolworth Building)	1921	Currently vacant, redevelopment in planning stages
F. W. Woolworth Building (Asheville, North Carolina)	Asheville, North Carolina 35°35′43″N 82°33′16″W / 35.5954°N 82.5544°W / 35.5954; -82.5544	1938	Now a local-artist art gallery/old-fashioned soda fountain called Woolworth Walk^[2]
F. W. Woolworth Building (Greensboro, North Carolina)	Greensboro, North Carolina 36°04′18″N 79°47′25″W / 36.0717°N 79.7904°W / 36.0717; -79.7904	1929	Site of Greensboro sit-ins
F. W. Woolworth Building (Columbus, Ohio)	Columbus, Ohio 39°57′35″N 83°00′02″W / 39.9597°N 83.0006°W / 39.9597; -83.0006 (109-111 South High Street)	1938	Currently vacant; held a CVS from 2003 to 2022
F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas)	Fort Worth, Texas 32°45′14″N 97°19′54″W / 32.7540°N 97.3316°W / 32.7540; -97.3316	1926	NRHP listed in 1994
F. W. Woolworth Building (San Antonio)	San Antonio, Texas	1921^[3]	Famous for having peacefully desegregated its lunch counter alongside six others local stores of San Antonio on march 16 1960.^[3] Will become part of the Alamo Mission historic site.^[4]
F. W. Woolworth Building (Renton, Washington)	Renton, Washington 47°28′47.49″N 122°12′25.21″W / 47.4798583°N 122.2070028°W / 47.4798583; -122.2070028	1954	Now a Western Wear store
F. W. Woolworth Building (Toronto)	Toronto 43°39′09″N 79°22′47″W / 43.6525°N 79.3796°W / 43.6525; -79.3796	1895	Later a Tower Records
Winfield House	London 51°31′51″N 0°09′52″W / 51.5308°N 00.1644°W / 51.5308; -00.1644 (Winfield House)	1930s	Ambassador's residence

Gallery

Hollywood, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
New Orleans, Louisiana
Boston, Massachusetts
Jennings, Missouri
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
New York, New York
Toledo, Ohio
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Providence, Rhode Island
Nashville, Tennessee
Seattle, Washington
Ottawa, Canada

References

^ "California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. May 9, 1979.
^ "Home". woolworthwalk.com.
^ ^a ^b "Woolworth Building". Preservation Texas. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "San Antonio Woolworth Building". World Monuments Fund. February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[1] "California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. May 9, 1979.

[2] "Home". woolworthwalk.com.

[:0-3] "Woolworth Building". Preservation Texas. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[4] "San Antonio Woolworth Building". World Monuments Fund. February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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F. W. Woolworth Company—Foot Locker
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Culture	"Love at the Five and Dime" Seafoam salad Woolworth v. Contemporary Arts
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